Byron Paine

The Honorable Byron Paine
Associate Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
In office September 1867 – January 13, 1871 (death)
Appointed by	Lucius Fairchild
Preceded by	Jason Downer
Succeeded by	William P. Lyon
In office June 1, 1859 – August 1864
Preceded by	Abram D. Smith
Succeeded by	Jason Downer
Chief Clerk of the Wisconsin Senate
In office January 9, 1856 – January 14, 1857
Preceded by	Samuel G. Bugh
Succeeded by	William Henry Brisbane
Personal details
Born	(1827-10-10)October 10, 1827 Painesville, Ohio, U.S.
Died	January 13, 1871(1871-01-13) (aged 43) Monona, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin
Spouse	Clarissa R. Wyman ​ ​ (m. 1854⁠–⁠1871)​
Children	James Percy Paine (b. 1856; died young) Norman Paine (b. 1858; died young) Arthur Paine (b. 1860; died young) Wendell Wyman Paine (b. 1862; died 1887) George Wyman Paine (b. 1866; died 1937) Byron Dixon Paine (b. 1871; died 1931)
Parents	Gen. James H. Paine (father) Marilla Paine (mother)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Volunteers Union Army
Years of service	1864–1865
Rank	Lt. Colonel, USV
Unit	43rd Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry
Battles/wars	American Civil War Franklin–Nashville Campaign Battle of Johnsonville Battle of Nashville

Byron Paine (October 10, 1827 – January 13, 1871) was an American lawyer, judge, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1867 until his death in 1871, and also served on the court from 1859 to 1864, interrupting his judicial service to become an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. As a lawyer, he was responsible for two of the most important civil rights cases of early Wisconsin history—He represented abolitionist Sherman Booth in the case of Ableman v. Booth at the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in which the Wisconsin court chose to nullify enforcement of the federal Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. He later represented Ezekiel Gillespie in the 1866 case of Gillespie v. Palmer, which resulted in the Wisconsin Supreme Court extending voting rights to African Americans in Wisconsin.^[1]