Difference between revisions of "B. R. Patton"
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| party = [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] | | party = [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] | ||
| − | | spouse=Peggy Gantt Patton (married 1946-1999, his death) | + | | spouse=Peggy Gantt Patton (1928-2019) (married 1946-1999, his death), later Peggy Graham<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.farrarfuneralhomeonline.com/obituary/peggy-gantt-patton-graham|title=Peggy Gant Patton Graham obituary|publisher=Farrer Funeral Homeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
| children=Benny Bruce Patton<br> | | children=Benny Bruce Patton<br> | ||
'''Parents''':<br> | '''Parents''':<br> | ||
Robert Toomes Patton (1887-1968)<br> | Robert Toomes Patton (1887-1968)<br> | ||
Mary Odelia Howell Patton (1894-1991) | Mary Odelia Howell Patton (1894-1991) | ||
| − | | residence=Farmerville, Union Parish, | + | | residence=Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisianaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
|religion= | |religion= | ||
|branch=[[United States Army]] | |branch=[[United States Army]] | ||
Revision as of 17:24, February 20, 2021
{{Infobox officeholder
| image=
| name=Bennie Robert "B. R." Patton
| office= Louisiana State Senator for
Lincoln and Union parishes
(now District 35)
| birth_date=September 15, 1920
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
| death_place=Ruston, Louisiana, USA
| death_date=December 18,`1999 (aged 79)
| resting_place=Corinth Cemetery in Ruston
| term_start=1956
| term_end=1964
| predecessor=James P. Hinton
| successor=Charles C. Barham
| occupation=Missing
| party = Democrat
| spouse=Peggy Gantt Patton (1928-2019) (married 1946-1999, his death), later Peggy GrahamCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag was a Democrat from Farmerville, Louisiana, who served as a state senator for two terms from 1956 to 1964 for Lincoln and Union parishes.[1] His tenure corresponded with the last terms of Governors Earl Kemp Long and Jimmie Davis.
In the primary electionheld in January 1956, Patton was placed into a runoff] a month later with the one-term incumbent senator, James P. Hinton.[2] whom he then subsequently unseated.[1] Democrat Earl Long won his third nonconsecutive term as governor outright in the primary over a field of candidates, including then New Orleans Mayor Chep Morrison and businessman and former highway director Fred Preaus of Farmerville.[3]
Along with Fred Preaus and state Representative T. T. Fields, Patton worked to make Lake D'Arbonne in Farmerville a reality. Popular with fisherman and boaters, the large man-made lake opened in 1963.[4][5] Shortly thereafter, Patton was unseated for a third term in the primary held on December 7, 1963, by his fellow Democrat, Charles C. Barham of Ruston, the older of two sons of former Lieutenant Governor C. E. "Cap" Barham, an ally in 1956 with gubernatorial candidate Chep Morrison.
Patton and his parents are interred at Corinth Cemetery in Ruston. In 1946, he married the former Peggy Gantt (born December 25, 1927) of Farmerville.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880 - Present. legis.la.gov. Retrieved on February 20, 2021.
- ↑ Long's Lead Builds. The Ruston Daily Leader (January 19, 1956). Retrieved on February 18, 2015.
- ↑ {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Bm5yc8Pdc8C&pg=PA549&lpg=PA549&dq=Fred+Preaus+of+Louisiana&source=bl&ots=R3VSZz9V9x&sig=PPb87mIwEK1fOdVM00txbpnEJ2w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JjLgVKO2M4mjgwT_lILwAQ&ved=0CEAQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=Fred%20Preaus%20of%20Louisiana&f=false%7Ctitle=Louisiana Almanac|date=2006|author=Milburn E. Calhoun|publisher=Pelican Publishing Company|location=[[Gretna, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana|page=549|isbn=9781589803060|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}
- ↑ In the Beginning. Lake D'Arbonne Life (January 18, 2013). Retrieved on February 18, 2015.
- ↑ Kinny Haddox (November 7, 2013). Lake D'Arbonne Celebrating 50th Year. The Bernice (Louisiana) Banner. Retrieved on February 18, 2015.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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