Patterson was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1862, and was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses (March 4,1863-March 4,1867).
Patterson was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1862. Elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses Patterson was a United States Representative for the third distict of New Hampshire from (March 4,1863-March 4,1867).