Biography:

Attorney, congressman, radio commentator. Born– January 23, 1891, Morgan County. Parents– Frank R. and Nancy Lucretia (Cobbs) Patrick. Education– Attended the University of Alabama, Purdue University, and Louisiana State University (electrical engineering); University of Alabama Law School, 1918. Served in U.S. Army, 1919. Admitted to the Alabama Bar in 1919. Served as city attorney for Fairfield, 1920-1922; assistant attorney general of Alabama, 1929-1931; assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Alabama, 1934-1937; U.S. Congressman from the Ninth District of Alabama, 1937-1943 and 1945-1947; radio commentator in Birmingham (WAPI and WBRC), 1925-1937. Member of the law firm of Patrick and Newman. Died May 26, 1957.

Source:

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Owen’s Story of Alabama, Vol. 40.

Publication(s):

Friends, Neighbors, Kinfolks. Prairie City, Ill.; 1946.

Goosepocket. Birmingham, Ala.; Vulcan Press, 1915.

Hope Ye’re Livin’ and Doin’ Well. Birmingham, Ala.; A. H. Cather Co., 1931.

Papers;

A collection of the papers of Luther Patrick is held by the Ralph Draughon Library at Auburn University.