Herman L. Page was a merchant and Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

 politician. He was born in Oneida County, New York

Oneida County, New York

Oneida County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 234,878. The county seat is Utica. The name is in honor of the Oneida, an Iroquoian tribe that formerly occupied the region....

, later moving to Nunda

Nunda

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 in Livingston County, New York

Livingston County, New York

As of the census of 2000, there were 64,328 people, 22,150 households, and 15,349 families residing in the county. The population density was 102 people per square mile . There were 24,023 housing units at an average density of 38 per square mile...

, in 1844.

Page operated a store in the old Pioneer store, 393 East Water, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...

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In 1853 he became sheriff

Sheriffs in the United States

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 of the county. He was responsible for starting the detective force in the city. During his term as mayor he advocated the policy of uniforming the policy force.

Page was a very able man, but was a renegade. He began his career as an abolitionist, but having high political aspirations he took allegiance to the Democratic Party. He was elected mayor of Milwaukee in 1859. He spent most of his short term of office attacking the former administration of William L. Prentiss

William L. Prentiss

William Augustus Prentiss was a merchant and Wisconsin politician. He was born in Northfield, Massachusetts...

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He was very quick to see any opening where money was to be made and accumulated a handsome fortune. He was very ambitious and terribly aggressive.

The Twenty-fourth Infantry Regiment

24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The 24th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 24th Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service August 15, 1862. The regimental adjutant was Arthur MacArthur Jr....

, Civil War was recruited under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Herman L. Page, however Page resigned before the regiment left the state.

He was an officer in the Odd Fellows

Independent Order of Odd Fellows

The Independent Order of Odd Fellows , also known as the Three Link Fraternity, is an altruistic and benevolent fraternal organization derived from the similar British Oddfellows service organizations which came into being during the 18th century, at a time when altruistic and charitable acts were...

, 1851-1853.

Herman Page died while visiting Germany in 1873. It is believed he was buried in Dresden, Germany.