Edward J. Patten

Edward J. Patten
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 15th district
In office
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byBernard J. Dwyer
Secretary of State of New Jersey
In office
1954–1962
GovernorRobert B. Meyner
Preceded byLloyd B. Marsh
Succeeded byRobert J. Burkhardt
Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey
In office
1934–1940
Personal details
Born
Edward James Patten

(1905-08-22)August 22, 1905
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedSeptember 17, 1994(1994-09-17) (aged 89)
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materNewark Normal School
Rutgers University (LLB)
Congressman Patten (left) meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, August 1965.

Edward James Patten (August 22, 1905 – September 17, 1994) was an American lawyer and Democrat politician who represented the now-redistricted New Jersey's 15th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for eighteen years, lasting from 1963 until 1981.[1]

  1. ^ "Edward James Patten Profile". United States Congress. Retrieved 2006-12-27.