| Charles Emory Patton | |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1911 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1915 |
| Predecessor: | Charles F. Barclay |
| Successor: | Charles H. Rowland |
| Birth Date: | 5 July 1859 |
| Birth Place: | Curwensville, Pennsylvania |
| Death Place: | West Grove, Pennsylvania |
| Party: | Republican |
| Father: | John Patton |
| Relatives: | John Patton Jr. |
Charles Emory Patton (July 5, 1859 - December 15, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania. He was the son of John Patton and the brother of John Patton, Jr.[1] [2]
Patton was born in Curwensville, Pennsylvania and attended the common schools. He graduated from Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1878 and engaged in the lumber business.[3] [4]
He owned and operated the Curwensville Electric Co., and then engaged in the construction contracting business. He was director of the Curwensville National Bank, a member of the school board, serving as president, and a member of the city council, and served as burgess.[5]
He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses, serving from March 4, 1911 to March 3, 1915. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1914. He was appointed secretary of agriculture for the State of Pennsylvania October 15, 1915, and served in this capacity until January 22, 1920.[6] [7]
He retired to a farm near West Grove, Pennsylvania and resumed his agricultural work.[8]
Patton died on his estate, at the age of seventy-eight, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Curwensville.[9] [10]