Calvin Paige

{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Calvin DeWitt Paige | image = Calvin DeWitt Paige.png | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = [[Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district|3rd]] | term_start = November 4, 1913 | term_end = March 3, 1925 | preceded = [[William Wilder]] | succeeded = [[Frank H. Foss]] | office2 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term2 = 1878-1879 | birth_date = May 20, 1848 | birth_place = [[Southbridge, Massachusetts]] | death_date = April 24, 1930 (aged 81) | death_place = [[Southbridge, Massachusetts]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Calvin DeWitt Paige''' (May 20, 1848 – April 24, 1930) was a U.S. representative from [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=PAIGE, Calvin DeWitt |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000024 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517220402/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000024 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He was born in [[Southbridge, Massachusetts]]. He was president of the Central Cotton Mills Company, the Southbridge Savings Bank and the Edwards Company.<ref name=":0" />

==Political career== He served as a member of the state house of representatives in 1878 and 1879, he was delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]] in 1884, and a member of the [[Massachusetts Governor's Council|Governor's council]] in 1906 and 1907.<ref name=":0" />

He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress by special election, after the death of representative [[William H. Wilder]], and reelected to the five succeeding Congresses from 1913 to 1925.

After leaving congress, he withdrew from public life, and engaged in banking in Southbridge.

==See also== * [[1878 Massachusetts legislature]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Calvin Paige}}

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