| John A. Page | |
| Order1: | 13th Vermont State Treasurer |
| Term Start1: | October, 1866 |
| Term End1: | October, 1882 |
| Governor1: | Paul Dillingham John B. Page Peter T. Washburn George W. Hendee John W. Stewart Julius Converse Asahel Peck Horace Fairbanks Redfield Proctor Roswell Farnham |
| Predecessor1: | John B. Page |
| Successor1: | William H. Dubois |
| Order2: | 10th Vermont State Treasurer |
| Term Start2: | October, 1853 |
| Term End2: | October 1854 |
| Governor2: | John S. Robinson |
| Predecessor2: | George Howes |
| Successor2: | Henry M. Bates |
| Office3: | Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Danville |
| Term Start3: | 1848 |
| Term End3: | 1849 |
| Predecessor3: | Asa Morrill |
| Successor3: | Harvey T. Moore |
| Birth Date: | June 17, 1814 |
| Birth Place: | Haverhill, New Hampshire |
| Death Place: | Montpelier, Vermont |
| Resting Place: | Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vermont |
| Spouse: | Martha Ward |
| Children: | 1 |
| Relations: | John Page (father) |
| Profession: | Businessman Banker |
| Alma Mater: | Haverhill Academy |
| Party: | Democratic (to 1855) Republican (after 1855) |
John A. Page (June 17, 1814 – August 23, 1891) was a Vermont banker and political figure who served as Vermont State Treasurer.
John Alfred Page was born in Haverhill, New Hampshire on June 17, 1814.[1] He was the son of John Page and Hannah Merrill. John Page served in the United States Senate and as Governor of New Hampshire.[2]
The younger Page was educated in Haverhill and graduated from Haverhill Academy.[3] He trained to be a merchant, clerking at dry goods stores in Portland, Maine and Haverhill. The Haverhill store in which he worked closed during the Panic of 1837, and Page began a career in banking as Cashier of the Grafton Bank.[4]
In 1848 Page moved to Danville, Vermont to accept the position of Cashier at the Caledonia Bank.[5] A Democrat in politics, he served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1848 to 1849.[6] [7]
Page became associated with Erastus Fairbanks in 1849 as Financial Agent for the Passumpsic and Connecticut Rivers Railroad, and relocated to Newbury.[8]
Later in 1849 Page was appointed Cashier of the Vermont Bank and moved to Montpelier, where he lived for the rest of his life.[9] In 1852 he ran for Vermont State Treasurer, and was defeated by George Howes.
From 1853 to 1854 Page served as Vermont State Treasurer, succeeding George Howes.[10] He finished second in the balloting, and was chosen by the Vermont General Assembly after a multi-candidate election in which no candidate received the majority required by the Vermont Constitution.[11] In 1854 he was defeated for another term by Henry M. Bates.[12] He also lost an 1855 rematch to Bates.[13]
The First National Bank of Vermont was organized in 1865, and Page was elected a member of the board of directors and appointed as the bank’s President.[14]
By now a Republican, in 1866 Page was again elected State Treasurer, succeeding John B. Page. He served until 1882, and was succeeded by William H. Dubois.[15]
Page retired from most of his business interests in 1882, but continued to serve as President of the First National Bank until January, 1891.[16] He died in Montpelier on August 23, 1891.[17] Page was buried at Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier.[18]
John A. Page was married to Martha Ward of Haverhill. They had one son, John W. Page (1847-1930), who worked with his father in Montpelier and later moved to Nebraska to raise cattle[19] and Louisiana to operate a rice plantation.[20]