Paine Wingate

Paine Wingate
United States Senator
from New Hampshire
In office
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded bySamuel Livermore
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's At-large district (Seat 4)
In office
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byAbiel Foster
Personal details
Born(1739-05-14)May 14, 1739
Amesbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay
DiedMarch 7, 1838(1838-03-07) (aged 98)
Stratham, New Hampshire
Resting placeStratham Cemetery
Political partyFederalist[1]
ResidenceStratham
Alma materHarvard University
Order by Governor John Taylor Gilman for meeting to vote for member of Congress. Paine Wingate and Abiel Foster candidates

Paine Wingate (May 14, 1739 – March 7, 1838) was an American preacher, farmer, and statesman from Stratham, New Hampshire. He served New Hampshire in the Continental Congress and both the United States Senate and House of Representatives.[2]

  1. ^ Byrd, Robert and Hall, Mary. The Senate, 1789–1989, V. 1: Addresses on the History of the United States Senate, p. 22 (Government Printing Office 1988).
  2. ^ "A Patriot of Early New England", New York Times (December 20, 1931). This book review refers to Wingate as one of the "Fathers" of the United States, per the title of the book.