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In early February 1930, Pattangall became the chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.<ref name=appointedchiefjustice/> Later during the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], he "disliked the advent of New Deal politics," according to Dr. Colin Windhorst of Washington County Community College.<ref name=bio/>
 
In early February 1930, Pattangall became the chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.<ref name=appointedchiefjustice/> Later during the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], he "disliked the advent of New Deal politics," according to Dr. Colin Windhorst of Washington County Community College.<ref name=bio/>
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In 1935, Pattangall switched party affiliation to become a Republican.<ref name=pattangallswitchesparties/>
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Pattangall in mid-1935 proposed forming a coalition of conservative Republicans and Democrats to replace the New Deal with a constitutional form of government, which drew little response from state Democrat leaders.<ref>June 1, 1935. [https://www.nytimes.com/1935/06/01/archives/cool-to-coalition-against-new-deal-republicans-and-democrats-at.html COOL TO COALITION AGAINST NEW DEAL; Republicans and Democrats at Capital Unresponsive to Pattangall Plan.]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 6, 2021.</ref> In December that year, he switched party affiliation to become a Republican.<ref name=pattangallswitchesparties/>
    
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