Robert Page (Virginia)

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Robert Page (February 4, 1765 - December 8, 1840) was a United States Representative from Virginia. Born at "North End," Gloucester County (now Mathews County), he received a liberal education from tutors at home. He attended the College of William and Mary, which he left to join the Revolutionary Army, serving as a captain. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Frederick County (now Clarke County) and adjacent counties. He was a planter and a member of the council of state, and was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1795.

Page was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress, serving from March 4, 1799 to March 3, 1801. He resumed former activities and died at "Janeville," in Clarke County. Interment was in Old Chapel Cemetery near Millwood.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress