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American politician
Robert Treat Paine (February 18, 1812 – February 8, 1872) was an American planter, ship builder and lawyer from
Edenton, North Carolina. He served as a Colonel of volunteers in the
Mexican–American War and represented
North Carolina in the
U.S. Congress as a
Know Nothing. He was educated at
Washington College (now Trinity College).
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Paine moved to Texas in 1860 and resumed farming. He died in 1872 at
Galveston and is buried in
Prairie Lea Cemetery at
Brenham, Texas.
References
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^ Dodge, Andrew; Koed, Betty K., eds. (2005).
Biographical directory of the United States Congress: 1774 - 2005; the Continental Congress, Sept. 5, 1774 to Oct. 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States from the First through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789 to Jan. 3, 2005 inclusive. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
ISBN
0-16-073176-3.
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