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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.
BibliographyJohnson, Andrew J.
The Life and Constitutional Thought of Nathan Dane. New York:
Garland, 1987.
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