Life Span
              
 to 
          Dickinson Connection
              Class of 1828
          Life Summary
Full name
              Benjamin Patton
          Place of Birth
              
          Birth Date Certainty
              Exact
          Death Date Certainty
              Exact
          Gender
              Male
          Race
              White
          Sectional choice
              North
          Origins
              Free State
          No. of Spouses
              1
          No. of Children
              4
          Family
              Benjamin Patton (father), Phoebe Wheeler Patton (mother), Mathilda Helfenstein (wife)
          Education
          Dickinson (Carlisle College)
              Occupation
          Attorney or Judge
          Businessman
              Political Parties
          Democratic
              Government
          Buchanan Administration (1857-61)
          Federal Court
          State legislature
          State judge
          Local government