| 词条 | Lewis E. Payson |
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|name = Lewis E. Payson |image = |caption = |state1 = Illinois |district1 = {{ushr|Illinois|9|9th}} |term_start1 = March 4, 1883 |term_end1 = March 3, 1891 |predecessor1 = John H. Lewis |successor1 = Herman W. Snow |state2 = Illinois |district2 = {{ushr|Illinois|8|8th}} |term_start2 = March 4, 1881 |term_end2 = March 3, 1883 |predecessor2 = Greenbury L. Fort |successor2 = William Cullen |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1840|9|17}} |birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island |death_date = {{Death date and age|1909|10|4|1840|9|17}} |death_place = Washington, D.C. |party = Republican }} Lewis Edwin Payson (September 17, 1840 – October 4, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. BiographyBorn in Providence, Rhode Island, Payson moved with his parents to Illinois in 1852. He attended the common schools and Lombard University, Galesburg, Illinois. After concluding his law studies, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Ottawa, Illinois in 1862. He moved to Pontiac, Illinois, in January 1865 and continued the practice of law. He served as judge of the county court 1869-1873.[1] Payson was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1891). He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Lands (Fifty-first Congress). He resumed the practice of law. DeathPayson died in Washington, D.C., October 4, 1909 and was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery.{{cn|date=August 2017}} LegacyA number of towns are named after Lewis Payson {{cn|date=August 2017}} including Payson, Arizona, and Payson, Utah. References1. ^ {{dead link|date=August 2017}} Sources{{CongBio|P000157}}{{Bioguide}}{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox| state=Illinois | district=8 | before=Greenbury L. Fort | after=William Cullen | years=March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1883 }}{{USRepSuccessionBox | state=Illinois | district=9 | before=John H. Lewis | after=Herman W. Snow | years=March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1891 }}{{s-end}}{{US House Natural Resources chairs}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Payson, Lewis Edwin}} 11 : 1840 births|1909 deaths|American people of Frisian descent|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois|Lombard College alumni|Illinois Republicans|Illinois state court judges|Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives|19th-century American politicians|People from Ottawa, Illinois|People from Pontiac, Illinois |
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