Luther Patrick was a US Representative from Alabama.
13 Facts About Luther Patrick
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Luther Patrick graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1918.
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Luther Patrick was assigned to the Army training detachment and to the Central Officers' Training School, from June 14,1918, to December 4,1918.
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Luther Patrick was admitted to the bar in 1919 and commenced practice in Fairfield, Alabama.
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Luther Patrick served as the city attorney of Fairfield from 1920 until 1922.
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Luther Patrick began a career as a radio commentator in 1925.
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Luther Patrick served as assistant United States district attorney of the northern Alabama district in 1933 and 1934.
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Luther Patrick ran in the Democratic primary that constituted the competitive contest in Alabama at the time on a platform that ardently supported President Roosevelt's New Deal.
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Luther Patrick successfully defeated incumbent Congressman George Huddleston on this platform in 1936 in a hard-fought campaign that saw Congressman Huddleston strike Patrick with a sauce bottle in a restaurant after a heated argument.
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Luther Patrick was reelected to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses.
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Luther Patrick was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942, and served as a consultant to the War Production Board in 1943 and 1944, before winning back his seat in the Seventy-ninth Congress.
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Luther Patrick was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946 and resumed law practice in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Luther Patrick served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1956.