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In 1938, Patton was elected to the Third District seat on the Louisiana Public Service Commission, but in 1942, he was unseated by [[Jimmie Davis]], then of [[Shreveport]],<ref name="LAbio"/> who used the position as a stepping stone, having sat for two years on the PSC, a utility rate regulatory body, before being elected [[governor]] of Louisiana in 1944 and again in 1960.
In 1938, Patton was elected to the Third District seat on the Louisiana Public Service Commission, but in 1942, he was unseated by [[Jimmie Davis]], then of [[Shreveport]],<ref name="LAbio"/> who used the position as a stepping stone, having sat for two years on the PSC, a utility rate regulatory body, before being elected [[governor]] of Louisiana in 1944 and again in 1960.
Patton returned to Homer, the seat of Claiborne Parish, to resume his career as a school administrator. In 1950, Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] in his second elected term appointed Patton as superintendent of the Louisiana School for the Deaf, located in the capital.<ref name="gannon">[http://saveourdeafschools.org/Deaf_Heritage_by_Jack_Gannon_page_29.pdf Gannon, Jack. ''Deaf Heritage–A Narrative History of Deaf America'', Silver Spring, MD: National Association of the Deaf, 1981, pp. 29-30 (PDF])</ref> Patton served there until his death in 1961.<ref name="LAbio"/>
Patton returned to Homer, the seat of Claiborne Parish, to resume his career as a school administrator. In 1950, Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] in his second elected term appointed Patton as superintendent of the Louisiana School for the Deaf, located in the capital.<ref name="gannon">[http://saveourdeafschools.org/Deaf_Heritage_by_Jack_Gannon_page_29.pdf Jack Gannon, ''Deaf Heritage–A Narrative History of Deaf America'' (Silver Spring, [[Maryland]]: National Association of the Deaf, 1981), pp. 29-30 (PDF]).</ref> Patton served there until his death in 1961.<ref name="LAbio"/>
Patton died in Baton Rouge and is interred at Arlington Cemetery in Homer.
Patton died in Baton Rouge and is interred at Arlington Cemetery in Homer.