Nathan P. Payne was the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

 from 1875 to 1876. He was a Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

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Biography

Nathan P. Payne was born August 13, 1837 in Cleveland, oldest son of Henry B. Payne

Henry B. Payne

Henry B. Payne was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in both houses of the United States Congress....

. He attended local schools, and Pierce Academy in Middleborough, Massachusetts

Middleborough, Massachusetts

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. Ill health caused him to return home before entering Brown University

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. In 1855, he took charge of McIntosh nurseries, and in 1857 he went to work for a coal dealer, in a company that eventually came to be known as Payne, Newton and Company.

In 1875, he was elected Mayor of Cleveland as a Democrat in the strongly Republican city, after serving two terms on the board of education and six years on city council.

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