John Malcolm Patterson (born September 27, 1921) is an American politician who was the forty-ninth Governor of Alabama, from 1959 to 1963. Previously he served as State Attorney General (1954-1959).
Most recently, he presided over former state Chief Justice Roy Moore's appeal against his removal from office.
Patterson was born in Goldville, Alabama. He joined the US Army in 1939 and served in the North African, Sicilian, Italian, Southern France,...
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John Malcolm Patterson (born September 27, 1921) is an American politician who was the forty-ninth Governor of Alabama, from 1959 to 1963. Previously he served as State Attorney General (1954-1959).
Most recently, he presided over former state Chief Justice Roy Moore's appeal against his removal from office.
Patterson was born in Goldville, Alabama. He joined the US Army in 1939 and served in the North African, Sicilian, Italian, Southern France, and German campaigns of World War II. In 1945, he left the Army as a major, and obtained a law degree from the University of Alabama, but was recalled to active duty in the Army from 1951 to 1953 in the Korean War. After his military service, Patterson joined the law practice of his father, Albert Patterson.
In 1954, Patterson's father was nominated for Attorney General on a platform promising to clean up crime, but was shot to death in June 1954. John Patterson replaced his father on the Democratic ticket in a special election, and was...
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