George E. Page
Encyclopedia
George E. Page was an American
politician from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
who served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly
, and one as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate
representing the Milwaukee County-based 7th Senate district.
for the 17th ward in 1900, but resigned the same year to enter the Law Department of the Columbian University in Washington, D.C.
(later George Washington University Law School), from which he was graduated in 1903; and was admitted to the bar in the same year.
) and 2,737 for W. L. Hamann (Social Democrat
). He was succeeded by Socialist Gabriel Zophy
in the 1910 Socialist sweep of Milwaukee County offices.
United States
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politician from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
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who served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly
Wisconsin State Assembly
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, and one as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate
Wisconsin State Senate
The Wisconsin Senate, the powers of which are modeled after those of the U.S. Senate, is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature, smaller than the Wisconsin State Assembly...
representing the Milwaukee County-based 7th Senate district.
Background
Page was born in the city of Milwaukee on the 19th of March, 1873, and continuously resided there; was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee; was elected to the office of justice of the peaceJustice of the Peace
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for the 17th ward in 1900, but resigned the same year to enter the Law Department of the Columbian University in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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(later George Washington University Law School), from which he was graduated in 1903; and was admitted to the bar in the same year.
Legislative career
Page was elected to the Assembly in 1904 and as state senator in 1906, receiving 4,250 votes against 2,603 for Anthony Szczerbinski (DemocratDemocratic Party (United States)
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) and 2,737 for W. L. Hamann (Social Democrat
Socialist Party of America
The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization...
). He was succeeded by Socialist Gabriel Zophy
Gabriel Zophy
Gabriel Zophy was an American carpenter, building contractor and Socialist from West Allis who served one term as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate representing the Milwaukee County-based 7th Senate district ; cities of South...
in the 1910 Socialist sweep of Milwaukee County offices.