Malcolm Rice Patterson {7 June 1861 - 8 March 1935}: representative from Tennessee, son of representative Josiah Patterson. Patterson was born in Somerville, Alabama, where he attended public school. He was graduated from the Christian Brothers College in Memphis, Tennessee, and then took courses at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Patterson studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1883; he began practice in Memphis. In 1894 he was elected district attorney for Shelby County; the term was for eight years but he resigned in 1900 to run on the Democratic ticket for Congress: he was elected to three successive terms and served from 1901 to 1906, when he was elected governor of Tennessee. Patterson held the office of governor for two terms, from 1906 to 1910, then resumed his law practice. He served as judge of the First Circuit Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, from 1923 to 1934. He died while on a visit to Sarasota, Florida.