(POLITICS) PAYNE CHRISTOPHER HARRISON Collection of photogra

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(POLITICS.) PAYNE, CHRISTOPHER HARRISON. Collection of photographs of the Payne family (circa 1870s-1910). Thirty-seven photographs of various size: cabinet, boudoir, 4 x 6, 5 x 7, and larger; condition varies, should be seen Vp, circa 1870's-1910's

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A fine, representative collection of photographs of Christopher Harrison Payne and family. Payne (1845-1925), journalist, pioneer newspaper publisher, minister and politician was born in Monroe County, West Virginia, the son of free blacks. Educated largely by his mother, he attended night-school in Charleston and was ordained a Baptist minister. Payne founded three papers; the West Virginia Enterprise, The Pioneer and the Mountain Eagle. As Southern West Virginia's African American population began to swell in the 1870's and 1880's, their vote began to carry more weight in Washington. In 1896 Payne was elected to the West Virginia Legislature and represented the state's 3rd Congressional District at the National Convention three times. He was rewarded with several appointments within the Internal Revenue Service. In 1903, Theodore Roosevelt named Paybne Consul General to the Danish West Indies (present day Virgin Islands). When the U.S. acquired the islands, he became prosecuting attorney and police judge.