| LC control no. | nr 90027857 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Paine, Elijah, 1757-1842 |
| Variant(s) | Payne, Elijah, 1757-1842 |
| Birth date | 1757-01-21 |
| Death date | 1842-04-28 |
| Place of birth | Brooklyn (Conn.) |
| Place of death | Williamstown (Vt.) |
| Affiliation | Harvard College (1780- ) Federal Party (U.S.) Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Judges |
| Found in | Young, A. Young against Chipman, 1827: t.p.(Judge Elijah Paine, Rutland (Vt.) Circuit Court) DAB (Paine, Elijah; farmer, manufacturer, jurist; U.S. senator from Vt.; b. 1/21/1757; d. 4/28/1842) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Paine, Elijah, 1757-1842; usage: Elijah Paine; variant: Elijah Payne) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, September 9, 2015 (Paine, Elijah, a Senator from Vermont; born in Brooklyn, Conn., January 21, 1757; attended the public schools; served in the Revolutionary War; graduated from Harvard College in 1781; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Windsor, Vt.; practiced law and cultivated a farm; began a settlement at Williamstown; established a cloth factory and a saw and grist mill in Northfield; secretary of the State constitutional convention 1786; member, State house of representatives 1787-1790; judge of the State supreme court 1791-1795; elected to the United States Senate in 1794; reelected as a Federalist in 1800 and served from March 4, 1795, to September 1, 1801, when he resigned; United States judge of the district of Vermont from 1801 until his death in Williamstown, Orange County, Vt., April 28, 1842; interment in West Hill Cemetery in Williamstown.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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