Robert Treat Paine (North Carolina politician)
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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).[1]
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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External links
- Robert Treat Paine at Find a Grave
- Entry for Robert Treat Paine from the Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas published 1880, hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 1st congressional district 1855–1857 |
Succeeded by Henry M. Shaw |
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