Robert P. Patterson
Born on February 12, 1891, in Glens Falls, New York,[1] the son of Lodice Edna (née Porter) and Charles Robert Patterson,[citation needed] Patterson received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1912 from Union College and a Bachelor of Laws in 1915 from Harvard Law School.[1] Patterson was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 9, 1939, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated by Judge Martin Thomas Manton.[7] While sympathetic to black grievances, aspirations, and recommendations he was concerned that radical change would impede military preparedness during war.[1] After declining an offer by President Truman to be reappointed to his former judgeship,[citation needed] Patterson returned to private practice in New York City from 1947 to 1952.[10] Governor Thomas E. Dewey appointed Patterson along with New York City’s construction coordinator Robert Moses and former Justice Charles C. Lockwood as a member of the Temporary Long Island Railroad Commission, installed after the Richmond Hill train crash on November 22, 1950, that claimed 79 lives.)[14] Patterson died on January 22, 1952,[1] returning from meeting a client, onboard American Airlines Flight 6780 which crashed on the approach to Newark Airport in Elizabeth, New Jersey; he was age 60.
United States Secretary of WarHarry S. TrumanHenry L. StimsonKenneth Claiborne RoyallUnited States Under Secretary of WarFranklin D. RooseveltUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitMartin Thomas MantonJerome FrankUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkHerbert HooverThomas D. ThacherSimon H. RifkindGlen Falls, New YorkElizabeth, New JerseyArlington National CemeteryRepublicanRobert P. Patterson Jr.Union CollegeHarvard UniversityUnited StatesUnited States ArmyWorld War IDistinguished Service CrossDistinguished Service MedalSilver StarUnder Secretary of WarU.S. Secretary of WarUS circuit judgedistrict judgeGlens Falls, New YorkArtium BaccalaureusBachelor of LawsHarvard Law SchoolPatterson Belknap Webb & TylerNew York Army National Guard77th Infantry DivisionUnited States SenateUnited States Assistant Secretary of WarUnited States Supreme CourtOwen J. RobertsNational Security Act of 1947Goldwater-Nichols ActWorld War IITuskegee airmenAssociation of the Bar of the City of New YorkCouncil on Foreign RelationsThomas E. DeweyRobert MosesCharles C. LockwoodRichmond Hill train crashWilliam L. Marbury Jr.Alger HissWhittaker ChambersAmerican Airlines Flight 6780Newark AirportElizabethNew JerseyRobert M. MorgenthauNew York UniversityBiographical Directory of Federal JudgesFederal Judicial CenterThe New York TimesWashington DCNewspapers.comUnited States secretaries of warDepartmentof WarSecretariesB. LincolnPickeringMcHenryDexterDearbornEustisArmstrongMonroeW. CrawfordCalhounBarbourP. PorterPoinsettSpencerJ. PorterWilkinsG. CrawfordConradJ. DavisS. CameronStantonSchofieldRawlinsBelknapA. TaftJ. CameronMcCraryRamseyR. LincolnEndicottProctorElkinsLamontW. TaftWrightDickinsonStimsonGarrisonD. DavisHurleyWoodringRoyallAssistantsecretariesWolcottEckertMeiklejohnSangerOliverBreckinridgeIngrahamCrowellWilliamsWainwrightMacNiderRobbinsL. JohnsonMcCloyPetersen