William W. Paine

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William Wiseham Paine (born October 10, 1817 in Richmond , Virginia , †  August 5, 1882 in Savannah , Georgia ) was an American politician . In 1870 and 1871 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1827, William Paine came to Milledgeville , Baldwin County , Georgia with his parents . He attended school in Mount Zion and participated in the Seminole War in 1836 . After studying law in Washington (Georgia) and being admitted to the bar in 1838, he began to work in his new profession. In 1840 he moved his residence and law firm to Telfair . It was then that he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

In 1850, Paine was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Georgia constitution. He then served as the private secretary of Governor Howell Cobb in 1851 and 1852 . He served in the Georgia Senate between 1857 and 1860 . During the Civil War he was a captain in the army of the Confederacy . He belonged to a regiment with soldiers from Georgia. After the war ended, he moved to Savannah, where he practiced as a lawyer again.

After the Republican Joseph W. Clift , who was elected to Congress in 1868 , was not admitted to the US House of Representatives, Paine was elected as his successor in the necessary by-election in the first constituency of Georgia, whereupon he took his seat in Washington, DC on May 22 December 1870. There he could only end the current legislative period until March 3, 1871. Paine was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1877 to 1879 . He was also a curator of the Georgia Historical Society . William Paine died in Savannah on August 5, 1882.

Web links

  • William W. Paine in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)