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Nathan Dane (
December 29,
1752 –
February 15,
1835) was an
American lawyer and statesman who represented
Massachusetts in the
Continental Congress from
1785 through
1788.
Nathan was born at
Ipswich in
Essex County, Massachusetts. After graduating from
Harvard in 1778 he taught school and read for the law. He was admitted to the bar and set up a legal practice in
Beverly in 1782. That same year he entered elected office in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Dane served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1782 to 1785, and the
Continental Congress from 1787 to 1788. He was then sent to the
Massachusetts State Senate from 1790-1791 and again from 1794-1797. In 1794 he served on a commission that reviewed and codified the
laws of Massachusetts, and also was given credit for the Act of Continental Congress which encouraged European-American settlers into the
Northwest Territory and formed the basis of the Constitutions of the five states there:
Ohio,
Indiana,
Illinois,
Michigan, and
Wisconsin.
Nathan died at home in Beverly and was buried in the Central Cemetery there.
Dane County, Wisconsin was named in his honor.
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