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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsCalvin DeWitt PAIGE
(1848-1930)
PAIGE, Calvin DeWitt, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., May 20, 1848; attended the public schools and was
graduated from the high school; president of the Central Cotton
Mills Co., the Southbridge Savings Bank, and the Edwards Co.;
served as selectman of Southbridge; member of the State house of
representatives in 1878 and 1879; delegate to the Republican
National Convention in 1884; member of the Governor’s council
in 1906 and 1907; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third
Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of United States Representative William H. Wilder, and
reelected to the five succeeding Congresses (November 4, 1913-March
3, 1925); voluntarily withdrew from public life, and engaged in
banking in Southbridge, Mass., until his death there on April 24,
1930; interment in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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