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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Roscoe C. Patterson
|image = PATTERSON, ROSCOE. SENATOR LCCN2016861077 (cropped).jpg
|jr/sr1 = United States Senator
|state1 = [[Missouri]]
|term_start1 = March 4, 1929
|term_end1 = January 3, 1935
|predecessor1 = [[James Alexander Reed|James A. Reed]]
|successor1 = [[Harry S. Truman]]
|office2 = [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri|Western District of Missouri]]
|term_start2 = December 21, 1925
|term_end2 = February 28, 1929
|predecessor2 = Charles C. Madison
|successor2 = William L. Vandeventer
|state3 = [[Missouri]]
|district3 = [[Missouri's 7th congressional district|7th]] 
|term_start3 = March 4, 1921
|term_end3 = March 3, 1923
|preceded3 = [[Samuel C. Major]]
|succeeded3 = [[Samuel C. Major]]
|birth_name = Roscoe Conkling Patterson
|birth_date = {{birth date|1876|9|15}}
|birth_place = [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]], [[Missouri]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|1954|10|22|1876|9|15}}
|death_place = Springfield, Missouri
|restingplace = Maple Park Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse = Ada Holman
|children = 2
|alma_mater = [[Washington University in St. Louis]]
|profession = Attorney
}}

'''Roscoe Conkling Patterson''' (September 15, 1876{{spaced ndash}}October 22, 1954) was an American lawyer from Missouri. He was most notable for his service as a [[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]] (1921–1923) and a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] (1929–1935).

==Early life==
Patterson was born in Springfield, Missouri on September 15, 1876.{{sfn|Christensen|page=598}}  He attended public and private schools, [[Drury University|Drury College]], (Springfield) and the [[University of Missouri]] in [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]].{{sfn|Christensen|page=598}} He graduated from [[Washington University School of Law]] in [[St. Louis]] in 1897, was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] later that year, and commenced practice in Springfield.{{sfn|Christensen|page=598}}

==Start of career==
From 1903 to 1907, Patterson served as [[prosecuting attorney]] of [[Greene County, Missouri|Greene County]].{{sfn|Christensen|page=598}} In 1912, Patterson was appointed to the Missouri Republican State Committee, and he served until 1920.{{sfn|Christensen|page=598}}

Patterson was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1920 and served in the [[67th United States Congress|67th Congress]], March 4, 1921 to March 3, 1923.{{sfn|Christensen|page=598}} He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 and resumed the practice of law in Springfield.{{sfn|Christensen|page=598}} He was a [[presidential elector]] [[1924 United States presidential election|in 1924]].{{sfn|Barrett|page=20}}

From 1925 to 1929, Patterson resided in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] and was [[United States Attorney|United States district attorney]] for the western district of Missouri.{{sfn|Christensen|page=598}} He resigned in February 1929 in preparation to assume the seat in the United States Senate to which he was elected in November 1928.{{sfn|Christensen|page=598}}

==U.S. Senate==
Patterson won the general election in November 1928.{{sfn|Christensen|page=598}} He took his Senate seat the following year and served one term, March 4, 1929, to January 3, 1935.{{sfn|Christensen|page=598}} While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining ([[72nd United States Congress|72nd Congress]]).{{sfn|Senate|page=110}} His chief legislative accomplishment was sponsorship of the [[Lindbergh Law]], which enabled federal authorities to investigate kidnappings if the victims were transported across state lines.{{sfn|Christensen|page=598}}

Patterson served during the [[Great Depression]], which was largely blamed on Republican economic policies.{{sfn|Christensen|page=598}} He consistently opposed the [[New Deal]] remedies of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], which made him unpopular in Missouri.{{sfn|Christensen|page=598}} As a result, Patterson was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in the [[1934 United States Senate election in Missouri|1934 election]], losing the general election to the Democratic nominee, [[Harry S. Truman]].{{sfn|Christensen|page=598}}

==Later career==
After leaving the Senate, Patterson resumed the practice of law in Springfield.{{sfn|Christensen|page=599}} For several years, Patterson was a member of the Missouri Appellate Judicial Commission.{{sfn|Toberman|page=286}}

==Death and burial==
Patterson suffered a stroke in July 1954.{{sfn|Christensen|page=599}} His health deteriorated and he died in Springfield on October 22, 1954.{{sfn|Christensen|page=599}} He was buried at Maple Park Cemetery in Springfield.{{sfn|Spencer|page=131}}

==Family==
Patterson was married to Ada Holman of Springfield (1877–1957).{{sfn|Leader-Press|page=11}} They were the parents of two children, Paul (1902–1924){{sfn|Republican|page=6}} and Hadley (1908–1958).{{sfn|News-Leader|page=1}}

==References==
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==Sources==

===Books===
*{{cite book |last1=Barrett |first1=Paul W. |last2=Barrett |first2=Mary H. |date=1988 |title=Young Brothers Massacre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HW3fbYxrd9IC&pg=PA20 |location=Columbia, MO |publisher=University of Missouri Press |isbn=978-0-8262-0650-3 |ref={{sfnRef|Barrett}}}}
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Christensen |editor1-first=Lawrence O. |editor2-last=Foley |editor2-first=William E. |editor3-last=Kremer |editor3-first=Gary |date=1999 |title=Dictionary of Missouri Biography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gyxWHRLAWgC&pg=PA598 |location=Columbia, MO |publisher=University of Missouri Press |isbn=978-0-8262-6016-1 |ref={{sfnRef|Christensen}}}}
*{{cite book |last=Spencer |first=Thomas E. |date=1998 |title=Where They're Buried |url=https://archive.org/details/wheretheyreburie00spen |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/wheretheyreburie00spen/page/131 131] |location=Baltimore, MD |publisher=Clearfield Company |isbn=978-0-8063-4823-0 |ref={{sfnRef|Spencer}}}}
*{{cite book |last=Toberman |first=Walter H. |date=1951 |title=Official Manual of the State of Missouri |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psdKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22roscoe+c.+patterson%22 |location=Jefferson City, MO |publisher=Missouri Secretary of State |ref={{sfnRef|Toberman}}}}
*{{cite book |last=U.S. Senate Committee on Mines and Mining |date=1932 |title=Hearing Record: To Create a Bituminous Coal Commission |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dca-SOI1VegC&q=roscoe+patterson+chairman+committee+mines+senate |location=Washington, DC |publisher=US Government Printing Office |ref={{sfnRef|Senate}}}}

===Newspapers===
*{{cite news |date=November 22, 1924 |title=Funeral Service for Paul Patterson Sunday Afternoon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/40272128/ |work=Springfield Republican |location=Springfield, MO |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|Republican}}}}
*{{cite news |date=October 25, 1957 |title=GOP Leader's Widow Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/300006060/ |work=[[Springfield News-Leader|Springfield Leader-Press]] |location=Springfield, MO |url-access=subscription |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |ref={{sfnRef|Leader-Press}}}}
*{{cite news |date=May 2, 1958 |title=Hadley Patterson Dies at Hospital After Long Illness |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/298154964/ |work=[[Springfield News-Leader]] |location=Springfield, MO |url-access=subscription |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |ref={{sfnRef|News-Leader}}}}

==External links==
{{CongBio|P000127}}
*{{Find a Grave|7448956}}
*[https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/historical-resources/gallery-past-us-attorneys-western-district-mo Gallery of Past U.S. Attorneys for the Western District of Missouri] at ''[https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo United States Attorneys Office for the Western District of Missouri]''

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