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Malcolm Rice Patterson (
June 7,
1861–
March 8,
1935) was the
governor of the
U.S. state of
Tennessee from
1907 to
1911.
A native of
Alabama, his father was a
Confederate cavalry officer. He attended Christian Brothers College (now
Christian Brothers University) and
Vanderbilt University. He was admitted to the
bar in
1883. He was
attorney general for
Shelby County from
1894 to
1900, and then elected a member of
Congress, serving the former Tenth District (
1901 -
1907) prior to being the
Democratic nominee for
governor in
1906. Patterson won the election against
Republican nominee
H. Clay Evans of Chattanooga and was inaugurated in January 1907. He was the first governor of Tennessee from
West Tennessee.
During his first term in office, Patterson married Mary Russell Gardner of
Union City. He was only the second governor of Tennessee to marry while in office.
In October
1908, Patterson used the State Guard to suppress a "Night Rider" vigilante movement which had broken out over disputed
fishing rights to
Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee. After being brought to trial, six of the "Night Riders" were condemned to be hanged and two were sentenced to twenty years in prison. Patterson was widely praised for his swift and decisive action on the issue.
In November 1908, Patterson was nominated for a second term as governor. The Republican party nominated
George N. Tillman of Nashville. Governor Patterson was reelected, and began his second term in January
1909.
During his second term, Patterson
vetoed the return of statewide
Prohibition, arguing that the issue should be decided at the local level rather than by the state. In a rare instance for the era, his veto was overridden by the
state legislature.
Patterson initially intended to seek a third term in
1910 but there was so much political turmoil, particularly within the Democratic Party regarding the Prohibition issue, that he withdrew from the race for re-election after having already won the nomination, being replaced by
United States Senator Robert Love Taylor, who was defeated in the
general election.
After his term as governor, Patterson changed his position on Prohibition, becoming an outspoken proponent of it. He resumed the practice of law and for the last eleven years of his life served as a
Circuit Court judge.
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