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| − | {{Infobox officeholder | + | '''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]]. |
| − | | name=John Sparks Patton, Sr.
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| − | | nationality=[[United States|American]]
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| − | | office=[[Louisiana]] Public Service Commissioner
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| − | | party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
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| − | | term_start=January 1, 1939
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| − | | term_end=December 31, 1942
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| − | | succeeded=[[Jimmie Davis]]
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| − | | birth_date=September 23, 1894
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| − | | death_date=October 30, 1961 (aged 67)
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| − | | birth_place=Lisbon, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
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| − | | death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
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| − | | resting_place=Arlington Cemetery in Homer, Louisiana,
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| − | | occupation=[[Educator]]<br>
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| − | Advocate for taxpayer-funded textbooks
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| − | | spouse=Agnes McCasland Patton
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| − | | children=John Patton, Jr.<br>
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| − | 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]]. | |
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| | 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> |
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| | '''References''' | | '''References''' |
| | {{reflist}} | | {{reflist}} |
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| | '''Further readings''' | | '''Further readings''' |
| | *T. Harry Williams, ''Huey Long'' (1969) | | *T. Harry Williams, ''Huey Long'' (1969) |