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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaWilliam Wiseham PAINE
(1817-1882)
PAINE, William Wiseham, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Richmond, Va., on October 10,
1817; moved with his parents to Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga.,
in 1827; attended school in Mount Zion, Ga.; served in the Seminole
Indian War in 1836; studied law in Washington, Wilkes County, Ga.,
and was admitted to the bar in 1838; moved to Telfair, Ga., in 1840
and commenced the practice of law; member of the State
constitutional convention in 1850; served as private secretary to
Gov. Howell Cobb in 1851 and 1852; served in the State senate
1857-1860; entered the Confederate Army and served as captain in
the First Georgia Regiment throughout the Civil War; moved to
Savannah, Ga., at the close of the Civil War and continued the
practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress
to fill the vacancy caused by the House declaring Joseph W. Clift
not entitled to the seat, and served from December 22, 1870, to
March 3, 1871; member of the State house of representatives
1877-1879; curator of the Georgia Historical Society; died in
Savannah, Ga., August 5, 1882; interment in Bonaventure
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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