Patton (surname)

Patton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Military

  • George Patton IV (1923–2004), son of George S. Patton and also a U.S. Army general
  • George S. Patton, Sr. (1833–1864), Confederate colonel and grandfather of George S. Patton
  • Raymond Stanton Patton (1882–1937), American admiral and engineer, second Director of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
  • Waller T. Patton (1835–1863), Confederate lieutenant colonel and great-uncle of George S. Patton

Politics

  • B. R. Patton (1920-1999), member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1956 to 1964 from Union Parish
  • Barbara Patton (born 1944), New York politician and university professor
  • Charles Emory Patton (1859–1937), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
  • E. Earl Patton (1927–2011), Georgia state senator from 1969 to 1970
  • Henry D. Patton (c.1876–1966), New York assemblyman 1914
  • James Patton (Lieutenant Governor), Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1820 to 1822
  • John Patton (Detroit mayor) (1822–1900)
  • John Patton (1823–1897), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
  • John Patton, Jr. (1850–1907), U.S. Senator from Michigan
  • John Denniston Patton (1829–1904), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
  • John Mercer Patton (1797–1858), U.S. Congressman from Virginia
  • Paul E. Patton (born 1937), Governor of Kentucky from 1995 to 2003
  • Robert M. Patton (1809–1885), Governor of Alabama

Academia

  • Francis L. Patton (1843 – 1932), 12th President of Princeton University
  • Carl Patton, former president of Georgia State University
  • Paul R. Patton (born 1950), Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales
  • James L. Patton (born 1941), Professor of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley

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