Life span: 08/30/1820 to 06/02/1907TabsLife SummaryFull name: William Paine SheffieldPlace of Birth: Block Island, RIBurial Place: Newport, RIBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Siblings: 1No. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 3Family: George Gardiner Sheffield (father), Eliza Paine Sheffield (mother), Lilias White Sanford (wife) Education: HarvardOccupation: PoliticianAttorney or JudgeRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: RepublicanGovernment: US House of RepresentativesState legislature Events Major TopicsThirty-Seventh Congress of the United States Documents Images William Paine Sheffield, circa 1862, portrait size William Paine Sheffield, circa 1862 William Paine Sheffield, circa 1862, detail Bibliography
