# Luther Patrick > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Luther_Patrick > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Luther_Patrick.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Patrick > Source revision: 1344238999 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American politician}} {{more footnotes needed|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Luther Patrick | image = Luther Patrick.webp | jr/sr = | state = [Alabama](/source/Alabama) | district = {{ushr|AL|9|9th}} | term_start = January 3, 1945 | term_end = January 3, 1947 | predecessor = [John P. Newsome](/source/John_P._Newsome) | successor = [Laurie C. Battle](/source/Laurie_C._Battle) | term_start1 = January 3, 1937 | term_end1 = January 3, 1943 | predecessor1 = [George Huddleston](/source/George_Huddleston) | successor1 = [John P. Newsome](/source/John_P._Newsome) | birth_date = {{birth date|1894|1|23}} | birth_place = near [Decatur, Alabama](/source/Decatur%2C_Alabama), U.S. | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|1957|5|26|1894|1|23}}}} | death_place = [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham%2C_Alabama), [Alabama](/source/Alabama), U.S. | resting_place = [Elmwood Cemetery](/source/Elmwood_Cemetery_(Birmingham%2C_Alabama)) | party = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) | spouse = | children = | education = [University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa](/source/University_of_Alabama_at_Tuscaloosa), law degree | allegiance = {{flag|United States}} | branch = {{army|United States}} | unit = [Central Officers' Training School](/source/Central_Officers'_Training_School) | battles = [World War I](/source/World_War_I) }} '''Luther Patrick''' (January 23, 1894 – May 26, 1957) was a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Alabama](/source/Alabama). ==Early life== Born near [Decatur, Alabama](/source/Decatur%2C_Alabama), Patrick attended the local public schools, [Louisiana State University](/source/Louisiana_State_University) at Baton Rouge, and [Purdue University](/source/Purdue_University), [Lafayette, Indiana](/source/Lafayette%2C_Indiana). He graduated from the law department of the [University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa](/source/University_of_Alabama_at_Tuscaloosa) in 1918. During [the First World War](/source/World_War_I), Patrick served as a private. He was assigned to the Army training detachment and to the Central Officers' Training School, from June 14, 1918, to December 4, 1918. He was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) in 1919 and commenced practice in [Fairfield, Alabama](/source/Fairfield%2C_Alabama). He was author of many poems and books. He served as the city attorney of Fairfield from 1920 until 1922. He began a career as a radio commentator in 1925. He served as assistant attorney general of Alabama 1927–1929. He served as assistant United States district attorney of the northern Alabama district in 1933 and 1934. ==Political career== Patrick was elected as a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) to the [Seventy-fifth](/source/75th_United_States_Congress). He ran in the [Democratic primary](/source/White_primaries) that constituted the competitive contest in Alabama at the time on a platform that ardently supported [President Roosevelt's](/source/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt) [New Deal](/source/New_Deal). He successfully defeated incumbent Congressman [George Huddleston](/source/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.{{cite news |title=Ardent New Dealer Victor in Alabama |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19360611&id=QClQAAAAIBAJ&pg=2762,3305197 |accessdate=27 July 2020 |work=The Evening Independent |agency=Associated Press |date=11 June 1936}} He was reelected to the [Seventy-sixth](/source/76th_United_States_Congress) and [Seventy-seventh](/source/77th_United_States_Congress) Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942, and served as a consultant to the [War Production Board](/source/War_Production_Board) in 1943 and 1944, before winning back his seat in the [Seventy-ninth](/source/79th_United_States_Congress) Congress (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946 and resumed law practice in [Birmingham, Alabama](/source/Birmingham%2C_Alabama). He served as delegate to the [Democratic National Convention](/source/1956_Democratic_National_Convention) in 1956. According to ''Variety'': "Patrick, running as a radio wit and debunker, astonished seasoned politicians when he ran without a platform, without professing to know anything about complex economic problems and without promising anybody anything."Variety, October 14, 1936 (https://archive.org/stream/variety124-1936-10#page/n96/mode/1up/) ==Death== His death occurred in [Birmingham, Alabama](/source/Birmingham%2C_Alabama). He was interred in [Elmwood Cemetery](/source/Elmwood_Cemetery_(Birmingham%2C_Alabama)). ==References== {{Reflist}} {{CongBio|P000105}} ==External links== {{Bioguide}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box |state=Alabama |district=9 |before=[George Huddleston](/source/George_Huddleston) |after=[John P. Newsome](/source/John_P._Newsome) |years=1937-1943}} {{US House succession box |state=Alabama |district=9 |before=[John P. Newsome](/source/John_P._Newsome) |after=[Laurie C. Battle](/source/Laurie_C._Battle) |years=1945-1947}} {{s-end}} {{USCongRep-start|congresses= 75th–77th & 79th [United States Congress](/source/United_States_Congress)es |state=[Alabama](/source/Alabama)}} {{USCongRep/AL/75}} {{USCongRep/AL/76}} {{USCongRep/AL/77}} {{USCongRep/AL/79}} {{USCongRep-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Patrick, Luther}} Category:1894 births Category:1957 deaths Category:Politicians from Decatur, Alabama Category:Louisiana State University alumni Category:Purdue University alumni Category:Military personnel from Alabama Category:Alabama lawyers Category:University of Alabama School of Law alumni Category:United States Army soldiers Category:Democratic Party United States representatives from Alabama Category:Assistant United States attorneys Category:American commentators Category:American radio personalities Category:Burials at Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama) Category:20th-century American lawyers Category:20th-century United States representatives --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Luther Patrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Patrick) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Patrick?action=history)). 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