Alfred Rider Page (October 7, 1859 – February 3, 1931) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from

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. Page was born in

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, Illinois, and relocated with his family to

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in 1874. He graduated from

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in 1880, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in

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. In 1886, he married Elizabeth M. Roe, and they had three children including the novelist Elizabeth Page. Page was a member of the

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(19th district) from 1905 to 1908, sitting in the 128th, 129th, 130th and

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s. He was a justice of the

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from 1910 to 1923. In 1915, he presided over the trial of Harry K. Thaw for conspiring to escape from the

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. He sat on the Appellate Division (First Dept.) from 1916 to 1923. He died on February 3, 1931, in

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, from pneumonia.

Sources

''Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes''
by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 366)
''THAW TRIAL TODAY, HE MAY TAKE STAND''
in NYT on March 8, 1915
''THAW DEFEATED, GETS A NEW WRIT''
in NYT on March 17, 1915

in NYT on February 4, 1931 (subscription required)

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