Elijah Paine

Elijah Paine (January 21, 1757 – April 28, 1842) 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.

Education and career Born on January 21, 1757, in Brooklyn, Connecticut Colony, British America, Paine attended the public schools and served in the Continental Army from 1776 to 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. He established a cloth factory and a saw and grist mill in Northfield, Vermont.

Congressional service Paine was elected to the United States Senate from Vermont in 1794.

Federal judicial service On February 24, 1801, Paine was nominated by President John Adams to the seat on the United States District Court for the District of Vermont vacated by Judge Samuel Hitchcock.

Family The son of Seth Paine, Paine married Sarah Porter of Plymouth, New Hampshire. They had four sons; Martin Paine, an eminent physician; Elijah Paine Jr., a judge of the New York Supreme Court; George Paine, a prominent lawyer; and Charles Paine, who was Governor of Vermont from 1841 to 1843. and a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1813.