William Winter Payne Explained

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.

Early life and education

Born at "Granville," near Warrenton, Virginia, Payne completed preparatory studies. He studied law but never practiced.

Career

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.

Later life and death

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.