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Line 17: − + − | name=John Sparks Patton, Sr.+ − | nationality=[[United States|American]] − | office=[[Louisiana]] Public Service Commissioner − | party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] − | term_start=January 1, 1939 − | term_end=December 31, 1942 − | preceded= − | succeeded=[[Jimmie Davis]] − | birth_date=September 23, 1894 − | death_date=October 30, 1961 (aged 67) − | birth_place=Lisbon, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana − | death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana − | resting_place=Arlington Cemetery in Homer, Louisiana, − | occupation=[[Educator]]<br> − Advocate for taxpayer-funded textbooks − | spouse=Agnes McCasland Patton − | children=John Patton, Jr.<br> − Olen T. Patton}} − −
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'''John Sparks Patton, Sr.''' (September 23, 1894 – October 30, 1961), was a [[Louisiana]] [[politician]] and [[educator]] who was an early advocate of taxpayer-funded school textbooks and a part of the [[Huey Long|Long]] faction of his state's then dominant [[Democratic Party]].
'''John Sparks Patton, Sr.''' (September 23, 1894 – October 30, 1961), was a [[Louisiana]] [[politician]] and [[educator]] who was an early advocate of taxpayer-funded school textbooks and a member of the [[Huey Long|Long]] faction of his state's then dominant [[Democratic Party]].
Patton was born in the village of Lisbon in Claiborne Parish in northwestern Louisiana.<ref name="LAbio">[http://www.lahistory.org/site33.php "John Sparks Patton"], ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'', Vol. 2, Louisiana Historical Association, 1988, p. 635.</ref>
Patton was born in the village of Lisbon in Claiborne Parish in northwestern Louisiana.<ref name="LAbio">[http://www.lahistory.org/site33.php "John Sparks Patton"], ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'', Vol. 2, Louisiana Historical Association, 1988, p. 635.</ref>