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Charles Thomas Payne

Lawyer

Centurion, 1919–1927

Born 1 December 1875 in Evanston, Illinois

Died 17 March 1927 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried East Cemetery, Litchfield, Connecticut

Proposed by James B. Ludlow and Henry R. Towne

Elected 1 March 1919 at age forty-three

Century Memorial

Charles Thomas Payne had practiced law in New York City for a quarter of a century, serving on numerous legal committees and devoting himself particularly to the reorganization of railways.

Alexander Dana Noyes
1928 Century Association Yearbook