The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-07-27
EX-SENATOR
PATTERSON
HAD SUDDEN
SUMMONS
HIS DEFEAT FOR THE GOVERNOR
SHIP is SAID BY HIS FRIENDS
TO HAVE FASTENED THE END.
NOTED FIGURE IN
COLORADO POLITICS

Denver, July 24.-Former Senator
Thomas NJ. Patterson is dead.
Mr.. Patterson died shortly after 2
O'Clock Sunday while asleep at his
home, 775 Pennsylvania street. Al
though he had been i'll for week,
Mr.. Patterson believed that he had
sufficiently recovered SO he could go
to Grand Lake tomorrow and enjoy a
vacation with members of his family.
A week ago today he became ill with
what appeared 20 be angina pectoris.
This subsidized. but was followed with
pneumonia complications.
Died While Asleep.
Sunday morning the former senator
arose and insisted upon taking
sponge bath. After the bath he re-
turned Immediately TO his bed greatly
exhausted. He fell asleep and it was
while in this sleep that he passed
away. Mrs. Richard Campbell. his
daughter. was the only relative home
at the time. All other members of
the family are at Grand Lake. where
they went last week in the belief that
Mr.. Patterson's illness was only a
slight indisposition and that he would
be able to follow them in few days
Mrs. Campbell remained behind &c
care for her father.
Until the brief illness came on him
a week ago. Former Senator Patterson
daily attended to his own business
This included several movements of
public interest in connection with his
membership in Denver civic and com
mercial associations.
long a dominant figure in Colorado
politics. publicist and attorney of ma
tional reputation. Former Senator
Patterson left a deep impression on
Colorado politics. He was a member
OF group of pioneer public leaders
OF the state.
I Mr.. Patterson Is survived by his
daughter. Mrs. Richard Campbell. his
sonIn-lAw. Richard Campbell. and
their two children, Richard Campbell
Jr. and Thomas Patterson Campbell.
His wife died in July. 1909. Fred p
johnson and Arthur c. Johnson. both
of Denver. are nephews.
Accumulated Vast Fortune
Mr. Patterson accumulated a vast
fortune supposed to be about $1,000.
900. He would have been az years
old next November. He was born in
Carlo county. ireland. in 1870. His
family came TO America in 1S4e. He
served as a union soldier in the Ciyn
war. He was graduate OF Purdue
university. Lafayette. Ind. He came
to Colorado in 1sT2. In 1874 he was
territorial delegate to congress. He
helped to nominate Samuel j. Tilden
He was nominated for the first repre-
sentative to congress in 1876 just af.
ter the state was admitted TO the un-
ion and after a bitter fight won out
In 1875 he was again nominated, but
was defeated. In 1892 he purchased
the Rocky Mountain News and ten
years later the Denver Times. He
was elected United States senator
from Colorado in 1901 and served six
years. While there he WIS a member
of the commission that investigated
conditions in the Philippine islands
and with William II. Taft later made
a report TO congress which report was
largely followed in future dealings
with the Philippines
Returning from the senate in 1907
he again took up the management OF
his newspapers and continued in that
capacity until 1919. when he sold
them to John c. ShafIer of Chicago
In 1914 he was the Democratic nom.
inee for governor and was defeated
by Governor Carlson. His defeat was
taken so to heart by him that il has
tened his death. II was common eS.
preston among his friends that he
never would withstand the disappoint-
ment.