R. William Patterson a U.S. politician and member of the Democratic party, was mayor of Dayton

Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, from 1958 to 1962.

An accomplished attorney

Lawyer

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 before entering politics, Patterson followed his tenure as mayor with an unsuccessful bid to unseat Republican incumbent Paul F. Schenck

Paul F. Schenck

Paul Fornshell Schenck was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Miamisburg, Ohio, his family moved to Dayton, Ohio in 1908 where he graduated from Steele High School in 1917. He received two years of college training, a student teacher at Steele from 1917 to 1919. He then worked in the...

 as member of the United States House of Representatives

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Patterson married Virginia Karns

Virginia Karns

Virginia Karns was a singer and character actor at the Hal Roach Studios in the early 1930s. Fans probably remember her best from the opening scene of the Laurel and Hardy musical comedy Babes in Toyland , in which she portrayed Mother Goose.She also appeared in films with Thelma Todd, Patsy...

 and they had three children: Ann, James, and Ryan. He is buried with his wife at Calvary Cemetery in Dayton.

See also

• Mayors of Dayton, Ohio
• Election Results, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 3rd District