Background
Paine, Robert Treat was born on February 18, 1812 in Edenton, North Carolina, United States.
United States representative politician
Paine, Robert Treat was born on February 18, 1812 in Edenton, North Carolina, United States.
Graduate Washington (now Trinity) College, Hartford, Connecticut Studied law.
He served as a Colonel of volunteers in the Mexican-American War and represented North Carolina in the United States. Congress as a Know Nothing. He was educated at Washington College (now Trinity College). Paine moved to Texas in 1860 and resumed farming.
He died in 1872 at Galveston and is buried in Prairie Lea Cemetery at Brenham, Texas.
Member North Carolina House Member Mexican Claims Commission Member United States House