Daniel D. Page (March 5, 1790April 29, 1869) was the second

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. Daniel Page was born in

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in 1790. At the age of fifteen, he moved to

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where he learned to be a baker, later setting up his own shop in Boston, Massachusetts. In Boston, he met and married Miss Deborah Young. Shortly thereafter, he moved to

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and became established in the

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trading business. Despite his success, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1818 due to his wife's failing health as she was adversely affected by the

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in New Orleans. Page was elected the mayor of St. Louis in 1829 and went on to serve four consecutive one-year terms. He was only the second mayor of St. Louis, the first being William Carr Lane who stepped down after serving six years in office. During his administration, many of the streets in St. Louis were graded and paved, a night watch was established for the protection of the citizens, and street cleaning and refuse collection were begun. Page also strengthened the Health Department and advocated for an improvement to public

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system. After his tenure as mayor had ended, Page turned his attention to his business matters. In 1833, he built the first steam-powered

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in St. Louis. In 1848, he partnered with his son-in-law Henry D. Bacon and created the banking house of Page & Bacon. During this time, he invested heavily in

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s and

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. Page & Bacon closed in 1855 on account of financial difficulties from building of the

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. Daniel Page died in

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on April 29, 1869 and was buried in

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in St. Louis.''The Durst and Darst Families of America''
/ref> Page Boulevard in St. Louis was named in his honor.

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Daniel D. Page
at the St. Louis Public Library: St. Louis Mayors Online Exhibit. {{DEFAULTSORT:Page, Daniel D. 1790 births 1869 deaths Mayors of St. Louis American bakers Missouri Whigs 19th-century American politicians People from Parsonsfield, Maine