George W. Patterson (Oregon politician)

On December 5, 1881, he started his political career when he was elected to the Hillsboro Board of Trustees (now city council).^[3] He was re-elected the next year, but the following year he was not re-elected during the city's main election.^[3] Instead, there was a vacant seat after the December 8, 1883, election, so Patterson was elected on December 10 to fill the seat, although he resigned on April 4, 1884, and was replaced by Charles T. Tozier.^[3]

Patterson then served six years as the treasurer for Hillsboro, and five year as a school director.^[1] A Republican, he won election to the Oregon State Senate in 1896 representing District 6 that included Columbia, Tillamook, and Washington counties.^[4] In the Senate, he served on the Horticulture Committee, Railroads Committee, and in 1899 was chair of the committee on enrolled bills.^[2][5] Patterson remained in the Senate through the 1899 Legislature.^[4] In January 1899, he sponsored a bill to incorporate what was then the Town of Hillsboro, which was signed into law on February 7.^[5]

He also owned land near Yamhill, Oregon, and Terrebonne, Oregon.^[6][7] Wife Charlotte died on October 24, 1926. George Patterson died on February 7, 1932, in Everett, Washington, at the age of 74.