Horace F. Page

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Horace F. Page

Horace Francis Page (born October 20, 1833 in Medina , Orleans County , New York , †  August 23, 1890 in San Francisco , California ) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1883 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Horace Page attended his home public schools and Millville Academy . He then taught until 1854 in LaPorte County , Indiana as a teacher. He then moved to California, where he got into the sawmill business near Colfax . He later moved to Placerville , where he became a stable owner. He also got into the postal business. He was also involved in mining. After studying law and becoming a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1869 he ran unsuccessfully for the California Senate . Page was also a major in the state militia.

In the congressional election of 1872 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of California , where he succeeded Aaron Augustus Sargent on March 4, 1873 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1883 . From 1881 he was chairman of the trade committee. In 1882 he was not re-elected. In June 1884, Page was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago . Otherwise he practiced as a lawyer in the federal capital Washington. He died in San Francisco on August 23, 1890 and was buried in Oakland .

Web links

  • Horace F. Page in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Page, Horace F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Page, Horace Francis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH near Medina , New York
DATE OF DEATH 23 August 1890
Place of death San Francisco , California