Liz J. Patterson
Elizabeth Johnston Patterson (November 18, 1939 – November 10, 2018) was an American politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993.
For other people with the same name, see Elizabeth Patterson (disambiguation).
Liz J. Patterson
James B. Stephen
John R. Russell
4th district (1980–1985)
12th district (1985–1987)
November 10, 2018 (aged 78)
Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S.
Early life and education[edit]
Elizabeth Johnston, known as "Liz", was born into a Democratic political family. Her father, Olin D. Johnston, was Governor of South Carolina from 1935 to 1939 and again from 1943 to 1945. He then served in the United States Senate from 1945 until his death in 1965.
Her family lived outside Washington, D.C. in Kensington, Maryland, where she grew up during those years. She returned to South Carolina for college, graduating from Columbia College and doing graduate work at the University of South Carolina.[1]