Sherman Page

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Sherman Page (May 9, 1779 - September 27, 1853) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Cheshire, Connecticut, Page attended the common schools. He taught school in Coventry, New York, in 1799. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1805 and commenced practice in Unadilla, 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.

Page was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837). He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures (Twenty-fourth Congress). He died in Unadilla, New York, September 27, 1853. He was interred in St. Matthew's Cemetery.

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• Sherman Page at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress