diff --git a/django/forms/__init__.py b/django/forms/__init__.py
index e6fc03db04..1d743f6e2a 100644
--- a/django/forms/__init__.py
+++ b/django/forms/__init__.py
@@ -915,7 +915,10 @@ class USStateField(TextField):
             raise validators.CriticalValidationError, e.messages
 
     def html2python(data):
-        return data.upper() # Should always be stored in upper case
+        if data:
+            return data.upper() # Should always be stored in upper case
+        else:
+            return None
     html2python = staticmethod(html2python)
 
 class CommaSeparatedIntegerField(TextField):
diff --git a/django/views/generic/list_detail.py b/django/views/generic/list_detail.py
index a7d2204127..b5e26873ca 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/list_detail.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/list_detail.py
@@ -37,22 +37,22 @@ def object_list(request, queryset, paginate_by=None, allow_empty=False,
     model = queryset.model
     if paginate_by:
         paginator = ObjectPaginator(queryset, paginate_by)
-        page = request.GET.get('page', 0)
+        page = request.GET.get('page', 1)
         try:
-            object_list = paginator.get_page(page)
-        except InvalidPage:
-            if page == 0 and allow_empty:
+            page = int(page)
+            object_list = paginator.get_page(page - 1)
+        except (InvalidPage, ValueError):
+            if page == 1 and allow_empty:
                 object_list = []
             else:
                 raise Http404
-        page = int(page)
         c = RequestContext(request, {
             'object_list': object_list,
             'is_paginated': paginator.pages > 1,
             'results_per_page': paginate_by,
-            'has_next': paginator.has_next_page(page),
-            'has_previous': paginator.has_previous_page(page),
-            'page': page + 1,
+            'has_next': paginator.has_next_page(page - 1),
+            'has_previous': paginator.has_previous_page(page - 1),
+            'page': page,
             'next': page + 1,
             'previous': page - 1,
             'pages': paginator.pages,