John Sparks Patton (September 23, 1894 -- October 30, 1961) was a Louisiana politician and educator who was an early advocate of taxpayer-funded school textbooks and a member of the Long faction of his state's Democratic Party. Patton was born in the village of Lisbon in Claiborne Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Wikipedia
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