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PAYNE, Donald Milford, (father of Donald Payne, Jr.), a Representative from New Jersey;
born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., July 16, 1934; graduated from Barringer
High School, Newark, N.J., 1952; B.A., Seton Hall University, South Orange,
N.J., 1957; teacher; insurance executive; president, Young Mens Christian
Association of the United States (YMCA), 1970-1973; member, Essex County, N.J.,
board of chosen freeholders, 1972-1978; unsuccessful candidate for nomination
to the Ninety-seventh Congress in 1980; member of the Newark, N.J., Municipal
Council, 1982-1988; chairman, Essex county Democratic committee, 2003-2004;
unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundredth Congress in 1986;
elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First and to the eleven succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1989-March 6, 2012); died on March 6, 2012, in
Livingston, N.J.
BibliographyDonald M. Payne in
Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007. Prepared under the
direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History
& Preservation, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government
Printing Office, 2008.
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