Elijah Paine

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Elijah Paine

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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Preceded by Stephen R. Bradley	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Vermont 1795—1801	Succeeded by Stephen R. Bradley

v • d • e United States Senators from Vermont

Class 1: M. Robinson • Tichenor • Chipman • Smith • J. Robinson • Tichenor • Seymour • Swift • Phelps • Foot • Edmunds • Proctor • Stewart • Page • Greene • Partridge • Austin • Flanders • Prouty • Stafford • Jeffords • Sanders Class 3: Bradley • Paine • Bradley • Chase • Fisk • Palmer • Chase • Prentiss • Crafts • Upham • Phelps • Brainerd • Collamer • Poland • Morrill • Ross • Dillingham • Dale • Gibson, Sr. • Gibson, Jr. • Aiken • Leahy