Okey L. Patteson

Okey Leonidas Patteson . He was the 23rd Governor of West Virginia for the term following the 1948 election. He was a member of the United States Democratic Party and of the machine that totally controlled politics in that era in the state.

Okey Patteson was son of L.C. And Lola Patteson. He was born at Dingess, West Virginia and raised at Mount Hope, Fayette County. He married Lee Hawse in 1923 and they had two children, Fanny Lee and Anna Hughes. His religious affiliation was Methodist. In 1932, a hunting accident left him disabled, as both of his legs had to be amputated below the knees.

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