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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MarylandHenry PAGE
(1841-1913)
PAGE, Henry, a
Representative from Maryland; born in Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., June 28, 1841; received preparatory instruction at the
school of Anthony Bolivar, West Chester, Pa.; attended the
University of Virginia at Charlottesville; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1864 and commenced practice in Princess
Anne, Somerset County, Md.; member of the constitutional convention
in 1867; State’s attorney for Somerset County 1870-1884;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress and served from
March 4, 1891, until September 3, 1892, when he resigned to become
a judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals; appointed chief judge of
the first judicial district of Maryland in August 1892; elected to
the position in November 1893 for a term of fifteen years; died in
Princess Anne, Md., January 7, 1913; interment in Manokin
Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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