Calvin DeWitt Paige was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

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He was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts

Southbridge, Massachusetts

The Town of Southbridge is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,719 at the 2010 census.-History:...

. He was president of the Central Cotton Mills Company, the Southbridge Savings Bank, and the Edwards Company.

Political career

He served member of the state house of representatives in 1878 and 1879, he was delegate to the Republican National Convention

Republican National Convention

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 in 1884, and a member of the Governor’s council

Massachusetts Governor's Council

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 in 1906 and 1907.

He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress by special election, after the death of representative William H. Wilder, and reelected to the five succeeding Congresses from 1913 to 1925.

After leaving congress, he withdrew from public life, and engaged in banking in Southbridge.

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