State1: | Alabama |
District1: | 4th |
Term Start1: | March 4, 1841 |
Term End1: | March 3, 1847 At-large: March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
Predecessor1: | Dixon Hall Lewis |
Successor1: | Samuel Williams Inge |
Office2: | Member of the Alabama House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | November 7, 1836 |
Term End2: | December 2, 1839 |
Preceded2: | William S. Chapman |
Succeeded2: | P. S. Cromwell Blake Little R. F. Houston |
Constituency2: | Sumter County |
Term Start3: | November 21, 1831 |
Term End3: | November 19, 1832 |
Alongside3: | John S. McRae |
Preceded3: | Benjamin Hudson |
Succeeded3: | Benjamin Hudson |
Constituency3: | Franklin County |
Birth Name: | William Winter Payne |
Birth Date: | 2 January 1807 |
Birth Place: | Warrenton, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Warrenton, Virginia, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
William Winter Payne (January 2, 1807 – September 2, 1874) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born at "Granville," near Warrenton, Virginia, Payne completed preparatory studies. He studied law but never practiced.
Payne moved to Franklin County, Alabama, in 1825 and engaged in planting. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1831. He moved to Sumter County, Alabama. He was again a member of the State house of representatives 1836-1839. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the State senate in 1839. Payne was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth, and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1847). He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections (Twenty-eighth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress.
Payne returned to Virginia in 1847 and engaged in planting near Warrenton. He served as chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1859. He died in Warrenton, Virginia on September 2, 1874. He was interred in the City Cemetery.