Elwin Lawrence Page (1876 – January 12, 1974)Former Justice Elwin Page Is Dead
, ''Concord Monitor'' (January 14, 1974), p. 1 was New Hampshire attorney and historian who served as a justice of the

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from 1934 to 1946. Born in

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, Page received his undergraduate degree from

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in 1900, followed by a law degree from

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in 1902. From 1931 to 1934, he was a justice on the

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, and on September 29, 1934, Governor John G. Winant nominated Page to a seat on the state supreme court, to succeed John E. Allen, whom Winant had elevated to chief justice pending the retirement of sitting chief justice Robert E. Peaslee. Both prior to and after his judgeship, Page was in private practice in Concord. He was also a historian and author, and was a member of the

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for over 50 years. He passed away in 1974 at his son's home in Douglaston, New York.

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