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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkJames DUANE
(1733-1797)
DUANE, James, a Delegate
from New York; born in New York City February 6, 1733; completed
preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar August 3,
1754; clerk of the chancery court in 1762; attorney general of New
York in 1767; boundary commissioner in 1768 and 1784; State Indian
commissioner in 1774; delegate to the provincial convention in
1775; member of the Revolutionary Committee of One Hundred in 1775;
Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1783; member of the
Provincial Congress in 1776 and 1777; served in the State senate
1782-1785 and 1788-1790; chosen a member of the Annapolis
Commercial Convention in 1786, but did not attend; first mayor of
New York City 1784-1789; delegate to the State convention which
ratified the Federal Constitution in 1788; United States district
judge for the district of New York 1789-1794; believed to have died
in either New York City or in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, N.Y.,
February 1, 1797; interment under Christ Church in Duanesburg.
Bibliography
Alexander, Edward P. Revolutionary Conservative: James Duane of
New York. New York: AMS Press, 1978.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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