John Patterson {10 February 1771-7 February 1848}: representative from Ohio and half-brother of Pennsylvania representative Thomas Patterson. Patterson was born in Little Creek Township, Pennsylvania, but moved in 1778 with his parents to the town now called Pattersons Mills, Pennsylvania. {It was named for his family, who became prominent residents.} He attended the public schools there before the family moved once again, to St. Clairsville, Ohio, where John became a hardware merchant. From 1807 to 1808 he was the first mayor of St. Clairsville and a member of the State house of representatives. Patterson was associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Belmont County from 1810 to 1815, a state senator from 1815 to 1818, and a Democratic representative to the Eighteenth Congress. After serving one term Patterson returned to his business and took up farming. He died in St. Clairsville. William Patterson {4 June 1789-14 August 1838}: representative from New York. Born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, William was the older brother of George Washington Patterson, who followed in his footsteps in many respects. William attended the Londonderry public schools, then moved to Rensselaerville, New York, in 1815; he left that town the following year to move to Lyons, New York, where he began manufacturing and selling fanning mills {agricultural machines that winnow grain by blowing it through riddles and sieves}. In 1822 he moved to a farm near Warsaw, New York; he moved into the town itself in 1837 and there held a succession of public offices. He was elected as a Republican to the Twenty-fifth Congress and served just one year before he died, in Warsaw.