George True Page | |
Office: | Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
Term Start: | October 1, 1930 |
Term End: | November 4, 1941 |
Office1: | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
Term Start1: | March 1, 1919 |
Term End1: | October 1, 1930 |
Appointer1: | Woodrow Wilson |
Predecessor1: | Christian Cecil Kohlsaat |
Successor1: | Louis FitzHenry |
Birth Name: | George True Page |
Birth Date: | 22 September 1859 |
Birth Place: | Spring Bay, Illinois |
Death Place: | La Jolla, California |
Education: | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign read law |
George True Page (September 22, 1859 – November 4, 1941) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Born in Spring Bay, Illinois, Page attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and read law to enter the bar in 1882. He was in private practice in Denver, Colorado from 1882 to 1884 and then in private practice in Peoria, Illinois until 1919.
On March 1, 1919, Page was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated by Judge Christian Cecil Kohlsaat. Page was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1919, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on October 1, 1930, serving in that capacity until his death on November 4, 1941, in La Jolla, California.
Page served as Chairman of the Commercial Merchants National Bank and Trust Company from 1930 to 1941.