George Eustis Paine

Paine was born on August 27, 1920, in Islip, New York, Suffolk County, New York. He was the son of George Eustis Paine Sr. (1894–1953)[1][2] and Helen (née Ellis) Paine (1895–1948).[3] After his mother's death in 1948, his father remarried to Katryna Ten Broeck Weed (1897–1962), the daughter of New York State Assemblyman George S. Weed.[1]

The Paines lived in Willsboro, Essex County, where they owned a pulp mill which had been taken over by George Jr's grandfather Augustus G. Paine, Jr. (1866–1947).[4] George Jr attended St. Mark's School in Southboro, Massachusetts followed by Princeton University.[5]

Following his graduation from Princeton, he worked for Fidelity and Casualty Insurance Company in New York City.[5]

Paine was a member of the New York State Senate (39th D.) from 1961 to 1964, sitting in the 173rd and 174th New York State Legislatures.

In July 1941, he married Joan Widener Leidy (1923–1988), a granddaughter of Joseph E. Widener, the art collector who was a founding benefactor of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C..[6][5] They had two children, and divorced in 1950.[7]

He died on September 23, 1991.[8]