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Page, John

soldier, congressman, governor, author, was born April 17, 1743, in Rosewell, Va. He was lieutenant-governor of Virginia. He commanded a militia regiment during the British invasion; and was one of the first representatives to congress from Virginia, serving from 1789 to 1797. He was presidential elector in 1800; and governor of the state from 1802 to 1805. He published addresses to the people in 1796 to 1799; and was commissioner of loans for Virginia from 1806 until his death. He died Oct. 11, 1808, in Richmond, Va.

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