# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerry-m-patterson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:15:03.225Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerry-m-patterson"
name: "Jerry M. Patterson"
slug: "jerry-m-patterson"
description: "Jerry Mumford Patterson was an American lawyer, educator and Democratic Party politician who represented California in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985. He was elected from the state's 38th congressional district, consisting of urban portions of Orange County, including his hometown of Santa Ana, where he served as a city councilman from 1969 to 1973 and mayor between 1973 and 1975."
tagline: "American politician (1934–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jerry_Patterson.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1934-10-25"
deathDate: "2024-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.671526666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Jerry M. Patterson"
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    title: "ג'רי פטרסון"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump