John Patten
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Major John Patten (April 26, 1746 – December 26, 1800) was a United States farmer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware.
He was an officer of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman, and a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as a United States Representative from Delaware.
Early life and family
Patten was born at Tynhead Court, near Dover in the Delaware Colony, son of John Patten and Ann Maxwell. This property was on the present Dover Air Force Base, near the farms of Caesar Rodney and John Dickinson. He was a farmer, who after the American Revolution married Ann Haslet, daughter of the first Colonel of the 1st Delaware Regiment, John Haslet. She died soon thereafter, and he married Mary Miller Loockerman, daughter of the Rev. John Miller and widow of Vincent Loockerman.
Political career
During the 1785/86 session, Patten was elected to the State House or House of Assembly as it was then known and represented Kent County. He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1785 and served one year there at the same time. In 1792, he won a close race to the US House of Commons and took his seat in the House on March 4, 1793. Nevertheless, Henry Latimer, the federal nominee, contested the election, arguing that many ballots were invalid because they were filled out incorrectly. Following a lengthy review, the Federalist majority in the United States House of Representatives voted on February 14, 1794, to invalidate sufficient votes to award the seat to Latimer. Patten defeated Latimer a few months later, this time for the full term, from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1797. Patten, who was brought out of political retirement in 1800, was defeated for the seat in the United States House of Representatives by incumbent Federalist James A. Bayard.