Ralph Delahaye Paine Willard Russell

Ralph Delahaye Paine (August 28, 1871 - April 29, 1925) was a popular early twentieth-century American journalist and author. Later in his career, he held both elected and appointed government positions. Paine was born in Lemont, Illinois, the son of Reverend Samuel Delahaye Paine. Rev. Paine was born in London and served in the British Army during the Crimean War before moving to the United States in 1856. During the American Civil War, Rev. Paine served as a lieutenant in the 2nd Maine Battery and then as the Grand Army of the Republic's chaplain-in-chief. Paine worked as a reporter for twelve dollars a week when his father was pastor of the Ocean Street Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville, Florida. He also visited a soda fountain in the cigar shop of Cuban revolutionary José Alejandro Huau.