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'''Harry Vearle Payne''' (September 6, 1908 – July 20, 1983) was a [[United States federal judge]].
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'''Harry Vearle Payne''' (September 6, 1908 – July 20, 1983) was a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the District of New Mexico]].
Born in [[Colonia Dublán]], [[Mexico]], Payne [[read law]] to enter the bar in 1934 and raised his family in the [[Lordsburg]] area of southwestern New Mexico. He served many years in the [[New Mexico Legislature]] as a senator and state representative, and as Speaker of the House from 1945 to 1947. He was a District judge, Sixth Judicial District of New Mexico from 1957 to 1963.


==Education and career==
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On February 18, 1963, Payne was nominated by President [[John F. Kennedy]] to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the District of New Mexico]] vacated by [[Carl A. Hatch]]. Payne was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on March 19, 1963, and received his commission on March 27, 1963. He served as chief judge from 1964 to 1978, assuming [[senior status]] on April 6, 1978 and serving in that capacity until his death.

Born in [[Colonia Dublán]], [[Mexico]], to a family of 15 children, Payne fled with his family to the [[United States]] to escape revolutionaries who were marauding across northern Mexico from 1910 to 1914, settling in [[Virden, New Mexico|Virden]], [[New Mexico]]. Due to poverty that required him to work to help support the family, he did not graduate high school until age 23.<ref name="squarespace.com"/> He spent one year at [[National University School of Law]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], working at a government job to pay his tuition.<ref name="squarespace.com"/> Payne then performed two years of missionary work for the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Payne [[read law]] to enter the bar in 1934 and raised his family in the [[Lordsburg, New Mexico|Lordsburg]] area of southwestern New Mexico, entering private practice in Lordsburg from 1934 to 1957, and serving as city attorney of Lordsburg from 1936 to 1955.<ref name="squarespace.com">{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54170cd0e4b00eba52a2db00/t/54243813e4b0d941016485be/1411659795549/8Chapter7.pdf|title=Federal Courts of the Tenth Circuit: A History - Chapter VII New Mexico: The Territorial and District Courts|publisher=}}</ref> He served many years in the [[New Mexico Legislature]] as a senator and state representative, and as Speaker of the House from 1945 to 1947.<ref name="squarespace.com"/> He was a District Judge of the Sixth Judicial District of New Mexico from 1957 to 1963.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|1854|nid=1386176|name=Harry Vearle Payne<!--(1908–1984)-->}}</ref>

==Federal judicial service==

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On February 18, 1963, at the recommendation of New Mexico [[United States Senator]] [[Clinton Presba Anderson]],<ref name="squarespace.com"/> Payne was nominated by President [[John F. Kennedy]] to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the District of New Mexico]] vacated by Judge [[Carl Hatch]]. Payne was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on March 19, 1963, and received his commission on March 27, 1963. He served as Chief Judge from 1964 to 1978, assuming [[senior status]] on April 6, 1978 and serving in that capacity until his death on July 20, 1983.<ref name="auto"/>

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Latest revision as of 17:13, 27 June 2023

Harry Vearle Payne
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
In office
April 6, 1978 – July 20, 1983
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
In office
1964–1978
Preceded byWaldo Henry Rogers
Succeeded byHoward C. Bratton
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
In office
March 27, 1963 – April 6, 1978
Appointed byJohn F. Kennedy
Preceded byCarl Hatch
Succeeded bySantiago E. Campos
Personal details
Born
Harry Vearle Payne

(1908-09-06)September 6, 1908
Colonia Dublán, Mexico
DiedJuly 20, 1983(1983-07-20) (aged 74)
Educationread law

Harry Vearle Payne (September 6, 1908 – July 20, 1983) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

Education and career

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Born in Colonia Dublán, Mexico, to a family of 15 children, Payne fled with his family to the United States to escape revolutionaries who were marauding across northern Mexico from 1910 to 1914, settling in Virden, New Mexico. Due to poverty that required him to work to help support the family, he did not graduate high school until age 23.[1] He spent one year at National University School of Law in Washington, D.C., working at a government job to pay his tuition.[1] Payne then performed two years of missionary work for the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Payne read law to enter the bar in 1934 and raised his family in the Lordsburg area of southwestern New Mexico, entering private practice in Lordsburg from 1934 to 1957, and serving as city attorney of Lordsburg from 1936 to 1955.[1] He served many years in the New Mexico Legislature as a senator and state representative, and as Speaker of the House from 1945 to 1947.[1] He was a District Judge of the Sixth Judicial District of New Mexico from 1957 to 1963.[2]

Federal judicial service

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On February 18, 1963, at the recommendation of New Mexico United States Senator Clinton Presba Anderson,[1] Payne was nominated by President John F. Kennedy to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico vacated by Judge Carl Hatch. Payne was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 19, 1963, and received his commission on March 27, 1963. He served as Chief Judge from 1964 to 1978, assuming senior status on April 6, 1978 and serving in that capacity until his death on July 20, 1983.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Federal Courts of the Tenth Circuit: A History - Chapter VII New Mexico: The Territorial and District Courts" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b Harry Vearle Payne at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
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Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
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