John Barton Payne

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John B. Payne

Judge John B. Payne
27th United States Secretary of the Interior
In office March 15, 1920 – March 4, 1921
President	Woodrow Wilson
Preceded by	Franklin K. Lane
Succeeded by	Albert B. Fall
Personal details
Born	(1855-01-26)January 26, 1855 Pruntytown, West Virginia, United States
Died	January 24, 1935(1935-01-24) (aged 79) Washington, D.C., United States
Resting place	Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Kate Bunker Payne Jennie Byrd Bryan Payne
Profession	Politician, Lawyer, Judge
Religion	Methodist

John Barton Payne (January 26, 1855 – January 24, 1935) was an American politician, lawyer and judge. He served as the United States Secretary of the Interior from 1920 until 1921 under Woodrow Wilson's administration.

Early life and career

Payne was born on January 26, 1855 in Pruntytown, West Virginia, the son of Amos Payne, who was a doctor and farmer, and the former Elizabeth Barton.^[1]

Admitted to the bar in 1876 in West Virginia, Payne entered politics five years later as the chairman of the Preston County Democratic Party. He moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1883, and was elected local judge in 1893. After resigning from that post in 1898, Payne was the senior partner in Winston, Payne, Strawn and Shaw. A successor firm still exists. He was the president of the Chicago's South Park Board from 1911 to 1924.

After the outbreak of World War I, Payne went to Washington, D.C., to act as the counsel for the Emergency Fleet Corporation and was the national railroad administration. From 1919 through his appointment to Wilson's cabinet in February 1920, Payne served as the Chairman of the U.S. Shipping Board.

Known for his work for the Red Cross, Payne was to use for the South Park Board to solidify the position of the Chicago Democratic Party it has much less from noted. Payne retried from the bring volunteers and he paid the staffers of the American Red Cross, and was also, the sent of the organization in a new direction, organizing into from the support local welfare, to efforts from during his both the deflationary the period, after the World War I and was the early years of the Depression.

From October 1921 until his death, Payne served as the Chairman of the American Red Cross. In May 1921, Payne pledged funds for the permanent structure for the [Warrenton Library] Fauquier County, Virginia.

Payne's was the donation of 50 paintings in 1919 and was the $100,000 in 1932, he led to the founding of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia. Some of his personal papers was to given on the Special Collections Research Center at the College of William & Mary.^[2]

Personal life

Payne married Kate Bunker on October 17, 1878. She died after a long illness. Payne married his second wife, the former Jennie Byrd Bryan, on May 1, 1913. Jennie Payne died in 1919, and he remaining a widower in office.

He died of pneumonia after an operation for appendicitis at 1:06 a.m. on January 24, 1935, at the age of 79. Two days later, an Associated Press obituary ran in the Chicago Tribune. Payne was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C., next to his second wife.

In World War II, the United States liberty ship SS John Barton Payne was named in his honor.

Sources

John B. Payne, Ex-Member of the Cabinet, Dead, Chicago Tribune, p. 1, Jan. 24, 1935
American Red Cross website
Fauquier County Public Library - Library History

References

↑ http://files.usgwarchives.org/wv/taylor/bios/payne3nbs.txt
↑ "John Barton Payne Papers". Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William & Mary. Retrieved 4 February 2011.

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Political offices
Preceded by Franklin K. Lane	U.S. Secretary of the Interior Served under: Woodrow Wilson March 15, 1920 – March 4, 1921	Succeeded by Albert B. Fall
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Henry Davison	Chairman of the International League of Red Cross Societies 1922-1935	Succeeded by Cary Travers Grayson
Awards and achievements
Preceded by James M. Beck	Cover of Time Magazine 12 May 1923	Succeeded by René Viviani

v t e United States Secretaries of the Interior

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v t e Cabinet of President Woodrow Wilson (1913–1921)

Vice President	Thomas R. Marshall (1913–1921)

Secretary of State	William Jennings Bryan (1913–1915) Robert Lansing (1915–1920) Bainbridge Colby (1920–1921)

Secretary of the Treasury	William G. McAdoo (1913–1918) Carter Glass (1918–1920) David F. Houston (1920–1921)

Secretary of War	Lindley M. Garrison (1913–1916) Newton D. Baker (1916–1921)

Attorney General	James C. McReynolds (1913–1914) Thomas W. Gregory (1914–1919) A. Mitchell Palmer (1919–1921)

Postmaster General	Albert S. Burleson (1913–1921)

Secretary of the Navy	Josephus Daniels (1913–1921)

Secretary of the Interior	Franklin K. Lane (1913–1920) John B. Payne (1920–1921)

Secretary of Agriculture	David F. Houston (1913–1920) Edwin T. Meredith (1920–1921)

Secretary of Commerce	William C. Redfield (1913–1919) Joshua W. Alexander (1919–1921)

Secretary of Labor	William B. Wilson (1913–1921)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 76208685 LCCN: nr95035874

Persondata
Name	Payne, John B.
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	January 26, 1855
Place of birth	Pruntytown, West Virginia, United States
Date of death	January 24, 1935
Place of death	Washington, D.C., United States

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