Nathan was born at Ipswich in Essex County, Massachusetts. After graduating from Harvard in 1778 he taugh 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 State House of Representatives.
Dane severed in the state House from 1782 to 1785, and the national 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 an a commission that reviewed and codified the laws of Massachusetts.
Nathan died at home in Beverly and is buried in the Central Cemetery there. Dane County, Wisconsin was named in his honor.
Further reading
Andrew Johnson; "The Life and Constitutional Thought of Nathan Dane"; 1987, Taylor & Francis (publisher), ISBN 082408277X
NathanDane was born to Daniel Dane and Abigail Burnham who resided in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
In 1795 Dane was appointed a commissioner to revise the laws of the Commonwealth.
Dane continued to assist in the work of the Statute Revision, in 1812, Dane along with Presscott and Story, composed the commission appointed to revise and publish the Massachusetts colonial and provincial laws.
NathanDane (December 29, 1752 – February 15, 1835) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785 through 1788.
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