Halbert E. Paine

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Halbert E. Paine

Halbert Eleazer Paine (born February 4, 1826 in Chardon , Ohio , † April 14, 1905 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War . He was the first cousin of the future General Eleazer A. Paine .

Early years

Paine attended community schools and then graduated from Western Reserve College in 1845 . He then moved to Mississippi , where he taught at a school for a year. He then moved to Cleveland , Ohio to there Jura study. He was admitted to the bar in 1848 and then opened his own practice. Paine moved to Milwaukee , Wisconsin in 1857 , where he continued to practice law.

American Civil War

With the outbreak of the Civil War, Paine joined the Union Army. At the beginning he held the post of regimental commander of the 4th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment with the rank of colonel . In March 1863 he was promoted to brigadier general and was in command of the 3rd Division of the Gulf Army in an assault during the siege of Port Hudson . He suffered a wound in the attack that resulted in the amputation of one of his legs. After his recovery commanded Paine 1,864 troops in the defense of Washington, DC during the raids by Major General Jubal A. Early . On March 14, 1865, he became a brevet - Major General conveyed the volunteers. He then resigned from the Army on May 3 and returned to Wisconsin.

politics

After the war, Paine was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives, where he remained from December 1865 to March 1871. During this time he was a delegate to the Loyalists' Convention in Philadelphia in 1866 . Then in 1869 he advocated the passing of a bill providing for weather observations within the continent. He was also chairman of the Committee on Militia ( 40th US Congress ) and the Committee on Elections ( 41st US Congress ). After his third term in office, he withdrew from politics and decided against running again.

Legal practice

Paine then practiced as a lawyer in Washington for a few years before US President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him US Patent Commissioner in 1879. He held this position for two years. Then he wrote Paine on Contested Elections in 1888 . He died in Washington DC in 1905 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

literature

  • Halbert Eleazer Paine: A Wisconsin Yankee in Confederate Bayou Country: The Civil War Reminiscences of a Union General. edited by Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., Baton Rouge, La. Louisiana State University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8071-3418-4 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ In the English-speaking world, “contested election” is a contested election.

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personal data
SURNAME Paine, Halbert E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paine, Halbert Eleazer (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician and general in the Union Army
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Chardon , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1905
Place of death Washington, DC