Background
Payne, William Knapp was born on June 3, 1874 in Auburn, New York, United States. Son of Sereno Elisha and Gertrude (Knapp) Payne.
Payne, William Knapp was born on June 3, 1874 in Auburn, New York, United States. Son of Sereno Elisha and Gertrude (Knapp) Payne.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1895. Student New York Law School, 1897-1898.
Admitted to New York bar, 1898, practiced, Auburn, New York City, to 1917. Clerk ways and means committee United States House of Representatives, 1905-1909. Assistant United State Attorneys general, 1909-1912.
President Cayuga County National Bank, 1917-1931. Chairman of the Board Auburn-Cayuga National Bank & Trust Company, now National Bank of Auburn. Manager financial relations Federal Housing Administration, 1934-1935.
Author: Notes on Tariff Revision, 1908. Editor: Tariff Hearings, 1909.
Member American Bankers assosiation, New York State Bankers Association (president, 1929-1930), Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Auburn Chamber of Commerce (president), Academy Political Science, American Academy Political and Social Science, Society Colonial Wars, Pilgrims, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Rotary (president Auburn).
Married Frances McCutcheon Nye, June 8, 1904. Children: Mollie, Theodore.