sentences:  He moved to Savannah, Georgia, at the close of the Civil War and continued the practice of law.Paine was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the House declaring Joseph W. Clift not entitled to the seat, and served from December 22, 1870, to March 3, 1871.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1877–79.