Lemuel Paynter was a Democratic

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Lemuel Paynter was born in Lewes, Delaware

Lewes, Delaware

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. He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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, and served in the War of 1812

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 and became major and lieutenant colonel of the Ninety-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia. He served as a member of the board of commissioners of the Southwark

Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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 district for many years and also served as president of the board. He was a member of the guardians of the poor and also school director. He was elected a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate

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 in 1833.

Paynter was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth

25th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Richard Mentor Johnson * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :* Speaker: James K. Polk -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

 and Twenty-sixth

26th United States Congress

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 Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1840

United States House election, 1840

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. He again served as a member of the board of commissioners of the Southwark district. He died in Philadelphia in 1863. Interment in Union Sixth Street Cemetery.

Sources

• The Political Graveyard