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A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first legally blind person to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state, [2] and the first African-American governor of New York. Following his graduation from Hofstra Law School , Paterson worked in the District Attorney's office of Queens County, New York , and on the staff of Manhattan borough ...
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
John M. Pattison (June 13, 1847 – June 18, 1906) was an American Democratic politician from Ohio.Pattison was for five months the 43rd governor of Ohio, serving for a shorter period than any other person elected to the office before his death.
John Patterson Green (April 2, 1845 – September 1, 1940) was an American attorney, politician, public servant, and writer. He was among the first African Americans to hold public office in Cleveland , Ohio .
The governor of Ohio is the head of government of Ohio [2] and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state's military forces. [3] The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Ohio General Assembly, [4] the power to convene the legislature [5] and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment.
The Ohio Channel is a service of Ohio's public broadcasting stations that operates out of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio.The Ohio Channel, on behalf of its parent company Ohio Government Telecommunications, produces gavel-to-gavel, unedited video coverage of official sessions of the Ohio Senate, the Ohio House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court of Ohio.
John Malcolm Patterson (September 27, 1921 – June 4, 2021) was an American politician. He served one term as Attorney General of Alabama from 1955 to 1959, and, at age 37, served one term as the 44th Governor of Alabama from 1959 to 1963.
Paul Linton Patterson (July 18, 1900 – January 31, 1956) was an American Republican politician. A native of Ohio , he served in World War I before becoming an attorney in Oregon . Later he served as President of the Oregon State Senate (1951–1952) and the 26th Governor of Oregon (1952–1956).