Robert N. Page

Robert N. Page (1916)

Robert Newton Page (born October 26, 1859 in Cary , North Carolina , †  October 3, 1933 in Aberdeen , North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1917 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Page was the younger brother of Walter Hines Page (1855-1918), who was US Ambassador to Great Britain between 1913 and 1918 . He attended Cary High School and then the Bingham Military School in Mebane . In 1880 he moved to Aberdeen, where he worked in the wood industry until 1900. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1890 and 1898 he was Mayor of Aberdeen. From 1894 to 1904 he was the treasurer of the Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad Co. 1897 Robert Page moved his residence to Biscoe . He was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1901 and 1902 .

In the congressional elections of 1902 Page was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Theodore F. Kluttz on March 4, 1903 . After six re-elections, he was able to complete seven legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1917 . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified. In 1916, Page decided not to run again; In 1920 he returned to Aberdeen. In the same year he ran unsuccessfully for governor of North Carolina. As a result, Page worked in the banking industry and became president of the Page Trust Co. Robert Page died on October 3, 1933 in Aberdeen.

Web links

• Robert N. Page in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert N. Page in the database of Find a Grave (English)