Sherman Page

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox Congressman

| state = New York

| district = 19th

| term_start = March 4, 1833

| term_end = March 3, 1837

| predecessor = William Hogan

| successor = John H. Prentiss

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1779|05|09}}

| birth_place = Cheshire, Connecticut

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1853|09|27|1779|05|09}}

| death_place = Unadilla, New York

| resting_place = St. Matthew's Cemetery, West Seneca, New York

}}

Sherman Page (May 9, 1779 – September 27, 1853) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1833 to 1837.

Biography

Born in Cheshire, Connecticut, Page attended the common schools.

He taught school in Coventry, New York, in 1799.

He studied law.

He was admitted to the bar in 1805 and commenced practice in Unadilla, New York.

He served as member of the State assembly in 1827.

He served as judge of the court of common pleas in Otsego County.

= Congress =

Page was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837).

He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures (Twenty-fourth Congress).

= Death =

He died in Unadilla, New York, September 27, 1853.

He was interred in St. Matthew's Cemetery.

Sources

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Category:1779 births

Category:1853 deaths

Category:Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)

Category:People from Cheshire, Connecticut

Category:People from Coventry, New York

Category:People from Unadilla, New York

Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives