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PAYNE, Donald Milford

(1934—)


PAYNE, Donald Milford, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., July 16, 1934; graduated from Barringer High School, Newark, N.J., 1952; B.A., Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J., 1957; president, Young Men’s Christian Association of the United States, 1970-1973; member, Essex County, N.J., board of chosen freeholders, 1972-1978; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Ninety-seventh Congress in 1980; member of the Newark, N.J., Municipal Council, 1982-1988; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundredth Congress in 1986; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1989-present).


”Donald Milford Payne” in Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989 . Prepared under the direction of the Commission on the Bicentenary by the Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1991.

Payne, Donald M. “The Abandoned Infants Assistance Act: Improvements to Help ‘Boarder Babies’ and Their Families.” Seton Hall Legislative Journal 16 (1992): 455-63.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

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