Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897.  Published
by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago. Reprinted by Southern Historical
Press.  p. 56.  Lewis County.

THOMAS H. PAYNTER, associate judge of the court of appeals, was born in
Lewis county, this state, on the 9th of December, 1851.  His elementary
education acquired in the common schools of that county, was supplemented
by study in Jacob Rand's Academy and a course in Center College, of
Danville, Kentucky.  His preparation for the bar was thorough and accurate
and his success in the practice of his profession was marked and immediate.
He was admitted to the bar in 1873, and at once established an office in
Greenup, Kentucky, where he soon secured a large clientage.  He made his
home there until his elevation to the bench of the court of appeals, and
in the meantime was honored by official preferment at the hands of his
fellow townsmen.  He was appointed attorney for Greenup county in 1876,
serving in that capacity under appointment until August, 1878, when he
was elected to the same office, discharging the duties thereof until
1882.  On the Democratic ticket he was elected to the Fifty-first
congress and was twice re-elected to that position, where he served most
acceptably.  His congressional record, 1889-1895; showed that he gave
careful thought and earnest consideration to the issues before that
august assemblage, and his opinions were the result of quiet deliberation
     In 1894 Judge Paynter was elected to the court of appeals bench.
Few men of his age have served in the court of appeals; but though a
young man his decisions indicate strong mentality, careful analysis, a
thorough knowledge of law and an unbiased judgment.  The judge on the
bench fails more frequently, perhaps, from a deficiency in that
broad-mindness which not only comprehends the details of a situation
quickly and that insures a complete self-control under even the most
exasperating conditions than from any other cause; and the judge who
makes a success in the discharge of his multitudinous delicate duties is
a man of well-rounded character, finely-balanced mind and of splendid
intellectual attainments.  That Judge Paynter is regarded as such a
jurist is an uniformly accepted fact.

Paynter Rand
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Boyle-KY Greenup-KY

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