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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsNathan DANE
(1752-1835)
DANE, Nathan, a Delegate
from Massachusetts; born in Ipswich, Mass., December 29, 1752; was
graduated from Harvard College in 1778; taught school; studied law;
was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Beverly, Mass.,
in 1782; member of the State house of representatives 1782-1785;
Member of the Continental Congress 1785-1788; served in the State
senate in 1790, 1791, and 1794-1797; judge of the court of common
pleas for Essex County in 1794; commissioner to codify the laws of
Massachusetts in 1795; presidential elector on the Clinton ticket
in 1812; was selected the same year to make a new publication of
the statutes; member of the Hartford convention of 1814; elected
delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1820, but did
not serve; died in Beverly, Essex County, Mass., February 15, 1835;
interment in Central Cemetery.
Bibliography
Johnson, Andrew J. The Life and Constitutional Thought of Nathan
Dane. New York: Garland, 1987.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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