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Paine, Byron (1827 - 1871) : Portrait Photograph with Facsimile Signature

C. N. Caspar Company

Circa 1900, sized 6 x 9.5 inches, on heavy gloss paper, generally very clean and bright. Paine, b. Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, October 10, 1827, was a lawyer and ardent believer in the anti-slavery cause. He gained state and national prominence in 1854 when he acted as counsel for abolitionist Sherman M. Booth in his trial before the state supreme court for violation of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Arguing Booth's case chiefly on the grounds that the Fugitive Slave Law was unconstitutional and a violation of state's rights, Paine was successful in winning the habeas corpus suit before the state court. Although the state supreme court action was subsequently nullified by the U. S. Supreme Court in 1859, Paine's fame as a lawyer was assured, and in 1859 he was elected to the Wisconsin supreme court in which capacity he served from June, 1859, to November, 1864, when he resigned to accept a commission as Lieutenant Colonel of the 43rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Paine served with this regiment until his resignation on June 4, 1865, at which time he returned to Milwaukee and resumed his law practice. In 1867 he was reappointed to the state supreme court, was subsequently re-elected to that office, and served until his death.. Print. Book Condition: VG. Binding: No Binding

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