A Brief History of Congressional Pages

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Messengers known as pages have served in the U.S. Congress for more than 175 years. The job is given by appointment to young men and women 16 years and older. The pages' principal task has been to carry documents between the House and Senate, the members' offices and other offices in Washington. In this photo, Senate pages cheer Vice President Calvin Coolidge, after he treated them for lunch at the Capitol, c. 1920

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