Background
Sheffield, William Paine was born on August 30, 1819 in on Block Island, Rhode Island, United States. Son of George Gardner and Eliza (Paine) Sheffield.
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William Paine Sheffield
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Education
Academic education; studied law at Harvard (Doctor of Laws, Brown, 1868). Admitted to bar, 1844. Began practice in Massachusetts.
Career
Samuel Sanford, Boston, 1847. Author of numerous history monographs.
Achievements
Membership
Member Rhode Island Constitutional Convs., 1841, 1842. Member Rhode Island legislature. Member of Congress, 1861-1863.
Connections
Married Lilias White, daughter
