# Sherman Page

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{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox Congressman
 | state       =  New York
 | district    =  19th
 | term_start  =  March 4, 1833
 | term_end    =  March 3, 1837
 | predecessor =  [William Hogan](/source/William_Hogan_(New_York))
 | successor   =  [John H. Prentiss](/source/John_H._Prentiss)
 | birth_date      =  {{Birth date|1779|05|09}}
 | birth_place     =  [Cheshire, Connecticut](/source/Cheshire%2C_Connecticut)
 | death_date      =  {{Death date and age|1853|09|27|1779|05|09}}
 | death_place     =  [Unadilla, New York](/source/Unadilla%2C_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](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) from 1833 to 1837.

== Biography ==
Born in [Cheshire, Connecticut](/source/Cheshire%2C_Connecticut), Page attended the common schools.
He taught school in [Coventry, New York](/source/Coventry%2C_New_York), in 1799.
He studied law.
He was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) in 1805 and commenced practice in [Unadilla, New York](/source/Unadilla%2C_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](/source/23rd_United_States_Congress) and [Twenty-fourth](/source/24th_United_States_Congress) 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](/source/Unadilla%2C_New_York), September 27, 1853.
He was interred in St. Matthew's Cemetery.

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Category:1779 births
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Category:Jacksonian United States representatives from New York (state)
Category:People from Cheshire, Connecticut
Category:People from Coventry, New York
Category:People from Unadilla, New York
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