John Mercer Patton (1797-1858) - Find a Grave Memorial

US Congressman, Virginia Governor. He was a politician and the great-grandfather of World War II General George S. Patton Jr. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1818, but never practiced, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. In 1830, he was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Philip P. Barbour, reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second through Twenty-fourth Congresses and as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress, serving until 1848. He also became acting Governor of Virginia upon the resignation of Governor Gilmore in 1841 and resumed the practice of law until his death at age 61.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith