Colonel John Page, Governor John Page, his brother Mann Page, Thomas Nelson Page a leading proponent of the Lost Cause myth, and Virginian Railway builder William Nelson Page. Page County, Virginia, located in the Shenandoah Valley, was formed in 1831 and named for Governor John Page. Also bearing his name is a residence hall at the College of William and Mary. Governor Page was quoted by George W. Bush in his inaugural address in 2001. Writing to his friend Jefferson shortly after the Declaration of Independence was published, Page said of the Declaration and the Revolution: "We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm". Page is an ancestor of American musician, writer, and podcaster John Roderick. Electoral history 1789; Page was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating Spencer Roane and Meriwether Smith 1790; Page was re-elected unopposed. See also John Page (Middle Plantation) Mann Page, Rosewell (plantation) References External links A Guide to the Governor John Page Executive Papers, 1802–1805 at The Library of Virginia 1743 births 1808 deaths College of William & Mary alumni Governors of Virginia Members of the Virginia House of Delegates House of Burgesses members People from Gloucester County, Virginia Politicians from Richmond, Virginia Virginia militiamen in the American Revolution John Page American people of English descent Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia Democratic-Republican Party state governors of the United States 18th-century American politicians 19th-century American politicians Virginia colonial people