Ellis E. Patterson

CA Blue Book 2000

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-08-1932	Republican	AD-35	15644	Win
11-06-1934	Republican	AD-35	23686	Win
11-03-1936	Write-in	AD-35	12928	Win
11-08-1938	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor	1296395	Win
11-03-1942	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor	1064660	Loss
11-07-1944	Democratic	CD-16	105835	Win
11-05-1946	Write-in	Senate1	3889	Loss
11-05-1946	Write-in	CD-16	20945	Loss
11-02-1948	Democratic	CD-16	91268	Loss

Candidate Biography:

Ellis Ellwood Patterson
Born: November 28, 1897 in Yuba City, CA
Married: Mildred
Children: Three
Military Service: ARMY (WWI)
Died: August 25, 1985 in Los Angeles, CA

1923-1932: Superintendent, South Monterey County School District
1936: [Republican] Primary Candidate for AD-35 (Lost)
1936: Changed party affiliation to Democratic Party
1940: Primary Candidate for President (Lost; 5%)
1940: Primary Candidate for US Senate (Lost; 20.5%)
1946: Primary Candidate for US Senate (Lost)
1952: Primary Candidate for CD-26 (Lost)

• Won in 1936 as a write-in
• Patterson authored a bill in January 1935 that appropriated $10,000 to purchase an electronic voting system for the State Assembly. The system was used for the first time on March 5, 1935.

Source: California Blue Book (1938)
Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]