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mills for grain and lumber, and was active in introducing merino sheep into this State. In 1786 he was a member of the first con vention to revise the constitution of the State, and was its secretary. In 1787 he was elected a member of, the House and so continued until 1791; in January of that year, Noah Smith having resigned as judge of the Supreme Court, Mr. Paine was elected on the twenty-seventh day of January, 1791, and held this position until his election as senator, in the fall of 1794. He was one of the commissioners to settle the controversy with New York, and a member of the Coun cil of Censors in 1792. At the election of judges in October, 1791, he addressed a letter to the General Assembly in which he says that he did not accept the appointment with a view of gain, and adds, " You will, however, give me leave to discern that the pay of your judges bears but a small pro portion to the pay received by judges of liny of the other States, when the ability of the States is compared, and were the State still in debt for the expenses of the late war, I would with pleasure live on my own property and serve my country without reward, but the State is now in a great measure free from debt. Altho' I know the Legislature will not waste the property of the citizens, I am confident they would wish to make their servants a reasonable compensation; if, up on deliberation on the subject, they shall think proper to make any addition to the pay of the Court, it will be gratefully re ceived; if, on the other hand, they should think the present pay adequate to the ser vice, I shall with pleasure acquiesce and serve the State to the best of my abilities. At this election, Samuel Knight, who had served for two years prior, was elected Chief Judge, and Isaac Tichenor, added in place of Judge Chipman, then appointed United States district judge. Judge Paine served until October, 1794, and on the fourteenth day of that month was elected United States senator; he was re

elected in October, 1800, but resigned the position the, following year to become United States judge in the district of Ver mont, under an appointment from President Adams. He continued judge in that court for a period of more than forty years, resign ing in April, 1842, a few weeks before his death. He was honored with the degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Ver mont and Harvard University. He was a member of several learned societies for the advancement of arts and sciences. He pro nounced the first oration before the Phi Beta Kappa society of Harvard University, and was elected its president in 1789. He was of commanding personal appear ance, with a well proportioned frame and a corresponding vigor of mind. His son, Charles Paine, was Governor of Vermont in 1 841-3; his son, Martyn, became celebrated in the medical profession, and his son Elijah equally as well known in the law. Isaac Tichenor was a Jersey man, graduated at Princeton College in 1775, and while studying law was appointed to the commissary department in the Continental army and assigned to duty in New England. In June, 1777, he came to Bennington, and from that year his residence was maintained there, except when absent on official duties. After the war, he began his professional business there. Was a member of the Legis lature, except one year, either in the House or Council, from October, 1781, until his election as judge of the Supreme Court in 1791. He was elected in October, 1796, United States senator; in 1797, there was no choice of governor by the people, and Mr. Tichenor was elected by the Legislature, resigning the office of senator. He was re elected by the people and served until the elec tion in 1807, when he was defeated by Israel Smith; in 1808 he was again elected by the people, but retired at the end of that year. He held many important commissions be fore Vermont was admitted as a State, and