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Born in [[Brooklyn, Connecticut]]; 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, Vermont]]; practiced law and cultivated a farm; began a settlement at [[Williamstown, Vermont]]; established a cloth factory and a saw and grist mill in [[Northfield, Vermont]]; secretary of the State constitutional convention 1786; member of the 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 Party (United States)|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, Vermont]]; interment in West Hill Cemetery in Williamstown. |
Born in [[Brooklyn, Connecticut]]; 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, Vermont]]; practiced law and cultivated a farm; began a settlement at [[Williamstown, Vermont]]; established a cloth factory and a saw and grist mill in [[Northfield, Vermont]]; secretary of the State constitutional convention 1786; member of the 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 Party (United States)|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, Vermont]]; interment in West Hill Cemetery in Williamstown. |
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Revision as of 20:33, 20 August 2007
Elijah Paine (January 21, 1757-April 28, 1842) was a US Senator from Vermont, serving as a Federalist from 1795 to 1801.
Born in Brooklyn, Connecticut; 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, Vermont; practiced law and cultivated a farm; began a settlement at Williamstown, Vermont; established a cloth factory and a saw and grist mill in Northfield, Vermont; secretary of the State constitutional convention 1786; member of the 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, Vermont; interment in West Hill Cemetery in Williamstown.
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