James Patton Flick
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James Patton Flick (August 28, 1845 - February 25, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.
Born in Bakerstown, Pennsylvania, Flick moved with his parents to Wapello County, Iowa, in 1852 and to Taylor County in 1857. He attended the common schools. Enlisted in Company K, Fourth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, as a private soldier and served from April 3, 1862, to September 4, 1864. Recorder of Taylor County in 1869 and 1870. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Bedford, Iowa. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1878 and 1879. He served as district attorney of the third judicial district of Iowa 1880-1886.
Flick was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1893). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress. He resumed the practice of his profession in Bedford, Iowa, until his death there on February 25, 1929. He was interred in Bedford Cemetery.
