I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (d. 1929)
Isaac Lee "Ike" Patterson, (September 17, 1859 – December 21, 1929) was the 18th Governor of Oregon from 1927 to 1929. An Oregon native, he served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1918 to 1922, and was a farmer in the Willamette Valley. He was the first Oregon-born Governor of the State of Oregon.
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