John Barton Payne

John Barton Payne
Judge John B. Payne

27th United States Secretary of the Interior
In office March 15, 1920 – March 4, 1921
President	Woodrow Wilson
Preceded by	Franklin K. Lane
Succeeded by	Albert B. Fall
Personal details
Born	(1855-01-26)January 26, 1855 Pruntytown, West Virginia, United States
Died	January 24, 1935(1935-01-24) (aged 79) Washington, D.C., United States
Resting place	Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Kate Bunker Payne Jennie Byrd Bryan Payne
Profession	Politician, Lawyer, Judge
Religion	Methodist

John Barton Payne (January 26, 1855 – January 24, 1935) was an American politician, lawyer and judge. He served as the United States Secretary of the Interior from 1920 until 1921 under Woodrow Wilson's administration.

Early life and career

Payne was born on January 26, 1855 in Pruntytown, West Virginia, the son of Amos Payne, who was a doctor and farmer, and the former Elizabeth Barton.^[1]

Admitted to the bar in 1876 in West Virginia, Payne entered politics five years later as the chairman of the Preston County Democratic Party. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1883, and was elected local judge in 1893. After resigning from that post in 1898, Payne was the senior partner in Winston, Payne, Strawn and Shaw. A successor firm still exists. He was the president of the Chicago's South Park Board from 1911 to 1924.

John Barton Payne in the Chicago Eagle newspaper, 1910^[2]

After the outbreak of World War I, Payne went to Washington, D.C., to act as the counsel for the Emergency Fleet Corporation and was the national railroad administration. From 1919 through his appointment to Wilson's cabinet in February 1920, Payne served as the Chairman of the U.S. Shipping Board.

From October 1921 until his death, Payne served as the Chairman of the American Red Cross. In May 1921, Payne pledged funds for the permanent structure for the [Warrenton Library] Fauquier County, Virginia.

Payne was a founder of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond in 1911, and he donated 50 paintings to the museum in 1919.^[3] Some of his personal papers were given to the Special Collections Research Center at the College of William & Mary.^[4]

Personal life

Payne married Kate Bunker on October 17, 1878. She died after a long illness. Payne married his second wife, the former Jennie Byrd Bryan, on May 1, 1913. Jennie Payne died in 1919, and he remained a widower in office.

He died of pneumonia after an operation for appendicitis on January 24, 1935, at the age of 79. Two days later, an Associated Press obituary ran in the Chicago Tribune. Payne was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C., next to his second wife.

In World War II, the United States liberty ship SS John Barton Payne was named in his honor.

Sources

John B. Payne, Ex-Member of the Cabinet, Dead, Chicago Tribune, p. 1, Jan. 24, 1935
American Red Cross website
Fauquier County Public Library - Library History

References

↑ http://files.usgwarchives.org/wv/taylor/bios/payne3nbs.txt
↑ Donovan, Henry. "Chicago Eagle". Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ https://vmfa.museum/pressroom/news/european-collection-fact-sheet/
↑ "John Barton Payne Papers". Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William & Mary. Retrieved 4 February 2011.

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Political offices
Preceded by Franklin K. Lane	U.S. Secretary of the Interior Served under: Woodrow Wilson March 15, 1920 – March 4, 1921	Succeeded by Albert B. Fall
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Henry Davison	Chairman of the International League of Red Cross Societies 1922–1935	Succeeded by Cary Travers Grayson
Awards and achievements
Preceded by James M. Beck	Cover of Time Magazine 12 May 1923	Succeeded by René Viviani

United States Secretaries of the Interior

Ewing McKennan Stuart McClelland Thompson C Smith Usher Harlan Browning Cox Delano Chandler Schurz Kirkwood Teller Lamar Vilas Noble M Smith Francis Bliss Hitchcock Garfield Ballinger Fisher Lane Payne Fall Work West Wilbur Ickes Krug Chapman McKay Seaton Udall Hickel Morton Hathaway Kleppe Andrus Watt Clark Hodel Lujan Babbitt Norton Kempthorne Salazar Jewell

Cabinet of President Woodrow Wilson (1913–21)

Vice President	Thomas R. Marshall (1913–21)

Secretary of State	William Jennings Bryan (1913–15) Robert Lansing (1915–20) Bainbridge Colby (1920–21)

Secretary of the Treasury	William G. McAdoo (1913–18) Carter Glass (1918–20) David F. Houston (1920–21)

Secretary of War	Lindley M. Garrison (1913–16) Newton D. Baker (1916–21)

Attorney General	James C. McReynolds (1913–14) Thomas W. Gregory (1914–19) A. Mitchell Palmer (1919–21)

Postmaster General	Albert S. Burleson (1913–21)

Secretary of the Navy	Josephus Daniels (1913–21)

Secretary of the Interior	Franklin K. Lane (1913–20) John B. Payne (1920–21)

Secretary of Agriculture	David F. Houston (1913–20) Edwin T. Meredith (1920–21)

Secretary of Commerce	William C. Redfield (1913–19) Joshua W. Alexander (1919–21)

Secretary of Labor	William B. Wilson (1913–21)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 76208685 LCCN: nr95035874 SUDOC: 168649802

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