Charles Emory Patton

Charles Emory Patton (July 5, 1859 – December 15, 1937) was a U.S. representative from the state of Pennsylvania. He was the son of John Patton and the brother of John Patton, Jr.

Biography Patton was born in Curwensville, Pennsylvania and attended the common schools. He graduated from Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1878 and engaged in the lumber business.

He owned and operated the Curwensville Electric Co., and then engaged in the construction contracting business. He was director of the Curwensville National Bank, a member of the school board, serving as president, and a member of the city council, and served as burgess.

He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses, serving from March 4, 1911, to March 3, 1915. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1914. He was appointed secretary of agriculture for the State of Pennsylvania October 15, 1915, and served in this capacity until January 22, 1920.

He retired to a farm near West Grove, Pennsylvania and resumed his agricultural work.

Death and interment Patton died on his estate, at the age of seventy-eight, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Curwensville.