Samuel L. Patterson
7th North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
In office
1899–1908
Appointed byState Board of Agriculture
Preceded byJohn R. Smith
Succeeded byWilliam A. Graham
4th North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
In office
1895–1897
Preceded byJohn Robinson
Succeeded byJames M. Mewborn
Member of the
North Carolina State Senate
In office
1893–1893
Member of the
North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
1899–1900
Member of the
North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
1891–1891
Personal details
Born
Samuel Legerwood Patterson

(1850-03-06)March 6, 1850
Caldwell County, North Carolina
DiedSeptember 14, 1908(1908-09-14) (aged 58)
Caldwell County, North Carolina

Samuel Legerwood Patterson (March 6, 1850 – September 14, 1908) was a North Carolina politician and farmer.

Biography

The son of Samuel F. Patterson and his wife, Phoebe Caroline, Patterson was born in 1850 at Palmyra, the family plantation in Caldwell County, North Carolina.[1]

He served in the state House of Representatives in 1891 and 1899 and in the North Carolina Senate in 1893. In the legislature, he was chair of the committee on agriculture. He was also a trustee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Patterson was appointed commissioner of agriculture from 1895 to 1897, when he was removed by the fusion of Republicans and Populists that came to power that year. He was reappointed in 1899 and then became the first popularly elected commissioner in 1900. He served until his death on September 14, 1908.[2] Patterson Hall at North Carolina State University is named in his honor. He and his wife bequeathed Palmyra to the Episcopal Church as a school, which operated as The Patterson School from 1909 through 2009.

References

  1. ↑ Ashe, Samuel A'Court; Weeks, Stephen B.; Van Noppen, Charles L., eds. (1905). Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present. Vol. II. Charles L. Van Noppen. pp. 343–351. Retrieved August 3, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Samuel L. Patterson". The Henderson Gold Leaf. September 17, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved August 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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