Luther Patrick
U.S. Congressperson
1894 – 1957
Who was Luther Patrick?
Luther Patrick was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born near Decatur, Alabama, Patrick attended the public schools, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, and Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. In 1918 was graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. During the First World War served as a private, assigned to the Army training detachment and to the Central Officers' Training School, from June 14, 1918, to December 4, 1918. He was admitted to the bar in 1919 and commenced practice in Fairfield, Alabama. City attorney of Fairfield 1920-1922. He was author of many poems and books. Began career of radio commentator in 1925. He served as assistant attorney general of Alabama 1927-1929. He served as assistant United States district attorney of the northern Alabama district in 1933 and 1934.
Patrick was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942. He served as a consultant to the War Production Board in 1943 and 1944.
Patrick was elected to the Seventy-ninth Congress.
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