Eddie N. Payne

Eddie Nuton Payne
Louisiana State Representative for Webster Parish
In office
1932–1936
Preceded by J. S. Bacon
Succeeded by Drayton Boucher
Personal details
Born 1873
Arkansas
Died 1951
Resting place Springhill Cemetery in Springhill in Webster Parish, Louisiana
Nationality American
Political party Democratic Party
Spouse(s) Mary E. Payne
Residence Springhill, Louisiana

Eddie Nuton Payne, known as E. N. Payne (May 7, 1873[1] – 1951),[1] was a Democrat from Springhill, Louisiana, who represented Webster Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives for one term from 1932 to 1936.[2]

A native of Arkansas,[1]Payne succeeded J. S. Bacon of Heflin in south Webster Parish but was unseated in the 1936 primary election by Drayton Boucher, a 28-year-old educator from Springhill in northern Webster Parish. Boucher visited nearly every home in Webster Parish to achieve his narrow victory, 2,778 votes (52.9 percent) to Payne's 2,474 (47.1 percent).[3]

From 1912 to 1920, Payne was the Ward 2 member of the Webster Parish Police Jury,[4] the parish governing body akin to the county commission in other states.

Payne and his wife, Mary E. Payne (1874-1945), are interred at Springhill Cemetery.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Eddie Nuton Payne in the U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards". search.ancestry.com. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016". legis.la.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Boucher, Garrison, Thomas Nominated: Young Politician Is Victorious in Race for Representative", Minden Herald, March 6, 1936, p. 1
  4. ↑ Respect for the Past; Confidence in the Future: Webster Parish Centennial, Webster Parish Police Jury, 1871, p. 15
Political offices
Preceded by
J. S. Bacon		 Louisiana State Representative from Webster Parish
1932–1936 		Succeeded by
Drayton Boucher