Sereno E. Payne

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Sereno E. Payne
House Majority Leader
In office
March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911
SpeakerDavid B. Henderson (1899–1903)
Joseph G. Cannon (1903–1911)
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOscar Underwood
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
In office
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
Preceded byJohn H. Camp
Succeeded byNewton W. Nutting
Constituency26th district (1883–85)
27th district (1885–87)
In office
December 2, 1889 – December 10, 1914
Preceded byNewton W. Nutting
Succeeded byNorman J. Gould
Constituency27th district (1889–93)
28th district (1893–1903)
31st district (1903–13)
36th district (1913–14)
Personal details
Born
Sereno Elisha Payne

June 26, 1843
Hamilton, New York, U.S.
DiedDecember 10, 1914(1914-12-10) (aged 71)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materUniversity of Rochester
ProfessionLaw

Sereno Elisha Payne (June 26, 1843 – December 10, 1914) was a

protectionist
.

Payne was born in

admitted to the bar in 1866 and practiced in Auburn, rising to become the Cayuga County district attorney
from 1873 to 1879. Payne served in a number of administrative roles for the city of Auburn, as city clerk in 1867–8, supervisor in 1871–2, and president of the board of education from 1879 to 1882. He was appointed a member of the American-British Joint High Commission in January 1899.

Payne was elected as a Republican to the

majority leader (Fifty-seventh through Sixty-first Congresses). He was reelected to the Sixty-fourth Congress
but died before that term began.

He died on December 10, 1914, in Washington, D.C., and was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn.

See also

  • List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

  • United States Congress. "Sereno E. Payne (id: P000153)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Ways and Means reference
  • List of majority leaders
  • Sereno E. Payne, late a representative from New York, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1916

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
None (new office)
House Majority Leader

1899–1911 		Succeeded by
Oscar W. Underwood

Alabama
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 26th congressional district
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
James W. Wadsworth
 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 27th congressional district
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 27th congressional district
December 2, 1889 – March 3, 1893 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 28th congressional district
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 31st congressional district
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 36th congressional district
March 4, 1913 – December 10, 1914 		Succeeded by
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