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Paige, Alonzo Christopher

lawyer, jurist, state senator, author, was born July 31, 1797, in Schaghticoke, N. Y. He was sent to the New York legislature in 1826, and served for four years. In 1837-42 he was a member of the state senate. On the introduction of the elective judiciary system in 1847 he was chosen a judge of the supreme court, and served for four years. He compiled eleven volumes of Reports of Cases in the Court of Chancery, four of which he revised and annotated in 1856-57. He died March 31, 1868, in Schenectady, N. Y.