1. Elijah Paine was a justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont, a United States senator from Vermont and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
18 Facts About Elijah Paine
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Elijah Paine received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1781 from Harvard University and read law in 1784.
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Elijah Paine was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Windsor, Vermont from 1784 to 1787.
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Elijah Paine cultivated a farm and began a settlement at Williamstown, Vermont.
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Elijah Paine established a cloth factory and a saw and grist mill in Northfield, Vermont.
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Elijah Paine was secretary of the Vermont constitutional convention in 1786.
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Elijah Paine was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1787 to 1789.
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Elijah Paine was a Judge of the Probate Court for the Randolph District of Vermont from 1788 to 1791.
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Elijah Paine was a justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont from 1791 to 1793.
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In 1793, Elijah Paine ran for Vermont's 2nd congressional district, finishing a distant second to Anti-Federalist incumbent Nathaniel Niles.
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Elijah Paine was elected to the United States Senate from Vermont in 1794.
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Elijah Paine was reelected as a Federalist in 1800 and served from March 4,1795, to September 1,1801, when he resigned to accept a federal judicial post.
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Elijah Paine was nominated by President John Adams on February 24,1801, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Vermont vacated by Judge Samuel Hitchcock.
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Elijah Paine was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25,1801, and received his commission on March 3,1801.
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Elijah Paine's service terminated on April 1,1842, due to his resignation.
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Concurrent with his federal judicial service, Elijah Paine served as Postmaster of Williamstown, Vermont from 1815 to 1842.
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The son of Seth Elijah Paine, Elijah Paine married Sarah Porter of Plymouth, New Hampshire.
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Elijah Paine was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1812, and a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1813.