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676 PATTISON, Robert Emory, governor of Penn- sylvania, b. in Quantico, Somerset co., McL, 8 Dec, 1850. His father, Rev. Robert H. Pattison. D. D., a Methodist clergyman, was sent to Philadelphia when the son had reached his sixth year. There the latter was graduated at the Central high-school in 1870, became a law-student in 1869, and in 1872 began to practise law. In 1877 and 1880 he was elected comptroller of the city of Philadelphia. His fearless administration of this office secured his nomination for governor by the Democrats. He was elected in November, 1882, and shortly afterward he sent a message to the legislature, in which he recommended a policy of retrenchment and reform, urging the modification or repeal of laws, under which needless offices were created. A controversy followed, which resulted in the suc- cess of Gov. Pattison's policy as it related to com- missions and special legislation. His term expired in 1886, and in 1887 he was appointed a member of the U. S. Pacific railway commission.

PATTISON, Robert Everett, clergyman, b. in Benson, Vt., 9 Aug., 1800 ; d. in St. Louis, Mo., in 1874. After his graduation at Amherst in 1830 he became tutor in Columbian college, Washington, D. C, and subsequentlv professor of mathematics in Waterville college, Me. From 1836 till 1839 he was president of this college. He was twice pas- tor of the 1st Baptist church in Providence, R. I. In 1845 he was elected president of the Western Baptist theological institute at Lexington. Ky. He was successively a pi'ofessor in Newton theological seminary, in Shurtlefl" college, and in the Union Baptist "theological seminary, Chicago. The degree of D. D. was conferred on him by Brown in 1838. He was the author of a " Commentary on the Epis- tle to the Ephesians " (Boston, 1859).

PATTISON, Thomas, naval officer, b. in New York city, 8 Feb., 1822 ; d. on Staten Island. N. Y.. 17 Dec, 1891. He entered the navy in 1839, and was in the Mexican war. He was commissioned lieutenant, 19 Sept., 1854. and in 1857 was stationed at the Boston navy-yard, serving the next three years on the " Mississippi," of the East India squad- ron. In 1861 he was attached to the " Perry," of the Atlantic squadron. He was then transferred to the " Philadelphia," of the Potomac flotilla, which he commanded in October. He was made lieuten- ant-commander, 16 July, 1862, and commander, 3 March, 1865. In 1862 he was chief officer of the " Sumpter," of the South Atlantic squadron, and of the " Clara Dolson," of the Mississippi squadron, in 1863. From 1863 till 1865 he was in charge of the naval station at Memphis, Tenn. He was in command of the Norfolk navy-yard in 1867-'9, and in July, 1870, was promoted captain. After being in command of the " Richmond " in the West In- dies in 1871, Capt. Pattison took her to San Fran- cisco the following year, and subsequently com- manded the " Saranac " and the receiving-ship " In- dependence " at the Mare island navy-yard, Cal. Promoted commodore, 11 Dec, 1877, he was for eighteen months in charge of the naval station at Port Royal, S. C, when he was transferred to the command of the navy-yard at Washington, D. C. He was detached in July, 1883, made rear-admiral the following November, and retired 8 Feb., 1884. Admiral Pattison was the first American naval officer to enter Jeddo, now Tokio, Japan, and was lieutenant on the " Perry " when she captured the first privateer taken during the civil war in a night engagement off Charleston, S. C.

'''PATTON. Alfred Spencer''', clergyman, b. in Suffolk, England, 12 Dec. 1825 ; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 12 Jan., 1888. His parents emigrated to the United States, and he was educated at Columbian college, Washington, D. C, and Madison univer- sity, N. Y., receiving the degree of D. D. from the latter. He was pastor successively of Baptist churches at West Chester, Pa., and Haddonville and Hoboken, N. J., remaining five years in the latter place. In 1859 he was called "to Roxbury, Mass., and in 1862-"3 he was chaplain of the Massa- chusetts senate. In 1864 he was invited to Utica, and there built the Tabernacle Baptist church. In 1872 he purchased the " American Baptist," an anti- slavery journal, in New York city, changing its name to •' The Baptist Weekly," and it soon became widely known as an organ of that denomination. He continued its publication until his death. He wrote " Light in the Valley " (Philadelphia, 1852) ; " My Joy and Crown " (1855) ; " Kincaid, the Hero Missionary " (New York, 1858) ; " The Losing and Taking of Mansoul, or Lectures on the Holy War" (1859); and "Live for Jesus" (Philadelphia, 1861).

PATTON, Francis Landey. educator, b. in Warwick, Bermuda, 22 Jan., 1843. He was edu- cated at University and Knox colleges, Toronto, Canada, and at Princeton theological seminary, where he was graduated in 1865. He was pastor of Presbyterian churches in New York city, Nyack, and Brooklvn. N. Y., and Chicago, 111., between 1865 and 1881. From 1871 till 1881 he was pro- fessor of didactic and polemic theology in the Presbyterian theological seminary at Chicago, and in the latter year he accepted the chair of the rela- tion of philosophy and science to the Christian re- ligion in Princeton theological seminary. This chair was founded and endowed for Dr. Patton by Messrs. Robert L. and Alexander Stuart, of New York city. He was also professor of ethics in Princeton college. In February. 1888, he was chosen president of the latter institution, by a unanimous vote of the board of trustees. He was- editor of the Chicago "Interior" in 1873-'6, and moderator of the general assembly of his church in 1878. In the pulpit Dr. Patton is impressive, clear, and logical. lie received the degree of D. D, from Hanover college in 1872 and from Yale uni- versity in 1888, and that of LL. D. from Wooster university in 1878, from Harvard in 1889, and from the University of Toronto in 1894. Dr. Patton has contributed to periodicals, and pub- lished in book-form " Inspiration of the Scrip- tures " (Philadelphia, 1859) and "Summary of Christian Doctrine" (1874). The illustration rep- resents Nassau hall. Princeton university.

PATTON, Jacob Harris, author, b. in Fayette county, Pa., 20 May, 1812. He was graduated at Jefferson college. Pa., in 1839, and at Union theological seminary. New York, in 1846. After leaving college he taught four years at the south, three of which were spent as tutor in Nashville university. He then came to New York city, and, on