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Paterson is the second legally blind [43] governor of a U.S. state (the first was Bob C. Riley, who was acting governor of Arkansas for 11 days in January 1975). [44] [45] During his tenure, Paterson's staff read documents to him over voice mail. [46]
Paterson, who is legally blind, has said he was slugged by one youngster and punched him back. ... Paterson served as governor from 2008 to 2010 and is married to Mary Paterson, Curtis Sliwa’s ...
Paterson, 70, who is legally blind, ... “Governor Paterson and his family are glad to see the suspects turned themselves in,” a rep for the ex-gov said in a statement.. “We hope that the ...
The ex-governor, who is legally blind, sustained a head injury, while Sliwa suffered a face wound and took the brunt of the attack, sources said. ... Paterson, who served as New York’s governor ...
2006 Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland: Blind from Stargardt disease [25] Dan Crenshaw: Republican: Texas: U.S. Representative: Lost right eye due to an IED attack in Afghanistan [26] Bob Dole: Republican: Kansas: U.S. Senator 1996 Republican nominee for President of the United States: Injured arm in World War II [27] Tammy ...
Governor Patterson or Paterson may refer to: David Paterson (born 1954), Governor of New York from 2008 to 2010; I. L. Patterson (1859–1929), Governor of Oregon from 1927 to 1929; John Malcolm Patterson (1921–2021), Governor of Alabama from 1959 to 1963; Malcolm R. Patterson (1861–1935), Governor of Tennessee from 1907 to 1911
Paterson made history at the time as the state's first Black and legally blind governor. Paterson praised his stepson for protecting him as best he could. "When they were insulting him and then ...
That summer, on August 6, state senator Leon Bogues died, and Paterson sought and obtained the Democratic party nomination for the seat. In mid-September, a meeting of 648 Democratic committee members on the first ballot gave Paterson 58% of the vote. That October, Paterson won the hotly contested special State Senate election.