Josiah S Patterson

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Georgia
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1838–1840

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Patterson66,802

Opponents1.2M

Elections run

Between 1838 and 1840, Josiah S Patterson ran in 2 U.S. House elections, losing all 2. Patterson's biggest single-election total was 35,615 votes, in the 1840 U.S. House election in Georgia's at-large district.

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How many votes has Josiah S Patterson received?

Josiah S Patterson has received 66,802 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–2.

Election history

Josiah S Patterson’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1840	U.S. HouseGeorgia	Lost	35,6155.29%	William Dawson (head-to-head) Richard Habersham (head-to-head) Eugenius Nisbet Thomas Foster Lott Warren (head-to-head) Julius Alford (head-to-head) Roger Gamble Thomas King (head-to-head) James Meriwether Walter Colquitt (head-to-head) Mark Cooper (head-to-head) Edward Black (head-to-head) Lumpkin Campbell (head-to-head) Junius Hillyer (head-to-head) Robert W Pooler (head-to-head) Alfred Iverson (head-to-head)
1838	U.S. HouseGeorgia	Lost	31,1875.48%	William Dawson (head-to-head) Julius Alford (head-to-head) Walter Colquitt (head-to-head) Richard Habersham (head-to-head) Thomas King (head-to-head) Lott Warren (head-to-head) Nesbit Edward Black (head-to-head) Mark Cooper (head-to-head) Campbell (head-to-head) Alfred Iverson (head-to-head) John Graves Robert W Pooler (head-to-head) Junius Hillyer (head-to-head) Burney McWhorter Nelson

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.