Robert Newton

Education

Born in Cary, North Carolina, Page attended the Cary High School and Bingham Military School in Mebane, North Carolina.

Career

He moved to Aberdeen, North Carolina in 1880 and engaged in the lumber business near Aberdeen until 1900. He served as mayor of Aberdeen (1890–1898). Page was also the Treasurer of the Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad Company

(1894–1902).

He moved to Biscoe, North Carolina in 1897. Page married Flora Eliza Shaw on June 20, 1888 in Manly, North Carolina. They had four children: Thaddeus Shaw Page, Richard Eastwood Page, Robert Newton Page, Junior., and Kate Raboteau Page. Page was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1917).

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1916.

Later, Page engaged in banking, and was president of the Page Trust Company He died in Aberdeen on October 3, 1933 and was interred in Old Bethesda Cemetery.

Achievements

• He returned to Aberdeen in 1920 and that year was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor (Cameron Morrison won the primary, while O Max Gardner came in second).

Membership

He served as a member of the State house of representatives in 1901 and 1902.