David Raymond Paige (April 8, 1844 – June 30, 1901) was an American politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1883 to 1885.

Biography

Born in

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, Paige attended the public schools and

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Hudson, Ohio Hudson is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 23,110 at the 2020 census. It is a suburban community in the Akron metropolitan statistical area and the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton Combined Statistical Area, t ...

. He was graduated from

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, in 1865.

Early career

He engaged in the hardware business in

Akron, Ohio Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 Census, the city prop ...

and was Treasurer of Summit County from 1875 to 1879.

Congress

Paige was elected as a

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to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885). He engaged in the contracting business.

Death and burial

He died in New York City June 30, 1901. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery,

Painesville, Ohio Painesville is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Ohio, United States, located along the Grand River northeast of Cleveland. Its population was 19,563 at the 2010 census. Painesville is the home of Lake Erie College, Morley Libra ...

Private life

Paige was married to Ellen Lewis King of Akron, January 19, 1870. She died December 20, 1877, leaving two sons. He remarried December 22, 1884 to Eva Bell Leek of Cleveland, Ohio.

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