The majority of historians have gone along with ignoring or misrepresenting Paine in history, from 18th century UK Tories to 21st century American biographer J.C.D. Clark.
The reality was that the Federalists took over, wrote a constitution enabling plutocracy, and repressed the truth of Paine. Only two Paine biographers (Linton and Vale) were even half right about him.
Working class Americans last century were conscious of Paine and his reputation. U.S. Air Force mechanics in WWII England painted “Tom Paine” on the side of bombers, quoting him about conquering tyranny with the gifts these planes were dropping.