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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 ...
Several governors of U.S. territories have been ethnic minorities. Many of these officials were appointed before elections were instituted in these jurisdictions. In each of the five current U.S. territories, Hispanic or non-white ethnic groups make up large majorities: Puerto Rican Hispanic Americans in Puerto Rico, African Americans in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Chamorros in Guam and the ...
Patterson was born on July 18, 1900, in Kent, Ohio. [1] His father was George A. Patterson, at the time attending college in Ohio, and Paul's mother was Ada Linton Patterson. [1] After completing college, George became a Congregationalist minister, and moved the family to Portland, Oregon, in 1908.
The two teens have been charged in the attack on ex-Governor David Patterson and ... he did not attack the Sliwa or former governor, who is legally blind. ... York’s governor from 2008 to 2010 ...
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.
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
Kentucky’s governor has a close adviser who held the job before him. And has known him all his life. Gov. Andy Beshear, now in his second term after first taking office in 2019, was preceded by ...
Paterson served as governor from 2008 to 2010 and is married to Mary Paterson, Curtis Sliwa’s ex-wife. NYCHA worker Diamond Minter is charged with assault in the attack on former Gov. David ...