Pattee, William Sullivan "W.S."

Sessions Served

Other Information

House 1885-86 (District 20)

Party when first elected: Republican

Counties Served: Rice

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 9/19/1846

Birth Place: Jackson, Maine

Birth County: Waldo

Birth Country: United States

Date of Death: ??/??/1911

Gender: Male

Religion: Congregational

Reported Minority: None Reported

Other Names: W.S.

City of Residence (when first elected): Northfield

Occupation (when first elected): Lawyer/Former Teacher and Principal, Maine/Former Professor of Greek, Lake Forest University, Illinois

EDUCATION

Maine Common Schools; Elementary School; Attended Irregularly
Bucksport Academy, Maine; Secondary; One Term, When He Was 17 Years Old
Wesleyan Seminary, Kent Hills, Maine; Attended College; Portions of 3 Years
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine; College Graduate; 1871
Studied Law; Admitted to the Minnesota Bar, 1878

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

School Board/Administration: Northfield, Minnesota (Superintendent of Schools); 06/1874 to 18??

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Julia E. Tuttle (married in 1871)
Children: Three children: Charles Sumner, Rowena, and Richard

Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

He was of English ancestry on his father's side.

He was raised on a farm.

He came to Minnesota in 1874.

"Mr. Pattee has always been a Republican in politics." (Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897, p. 107)

He was named the first Dean of the University of Minnesota College of Law in 1888.

He was orator for his class at Bowdoin College in 1871.

He became a member of First Congregational Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1888.

Religion provided by Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897.