Joseph Dane (October 25, 1778May 1, 1858) was a
United States representative
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from
Maine
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, serving from 1820 to 1823.
Biography
Dane was born in
Beverly, Massachusetts
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, on October 25, 1778. He received his early education in Beverly, attended
Phillips Academy
("Not for Self") la, Finis Origine Pendet ("The End Depends Upon the Beginning") Youth From Every Quarter Knowledge and Goodness
, address = 180 Main Street
, city = Andover
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in
Andover, Massachusetts
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, and graduated from
Harvard University
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in 1799.
He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1802 and commenced practice in
Kennebunk, Maine
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(until 1820 a district of
). He was a delegate to the Massachusetts constitutional conventions in 1816 and 1819. He was chosen a member of the executive council of Massachusetts in 1817, but declined the office. He was elected as a
Federalist
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to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
John Holmes. He was reelected to the Seventeenth Congress and served from November 6, 1820, to March 3, 1823. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1822.
He was elected a member of the
Maine House of Representatives
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, and served in the
Maine State Senate
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. He declined to serve as
executive councilor of Maine in 1841. He died in Kennebunk on May 1, 1858. His interment was in Hope Cemetery.
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Maine state senators
Members of the Maine House of Representatives
Members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine
People from Kennebunk, Maine
Harvard University alumni
1778 births
1858 deaths
Maine Federalists
Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives
People from Beverly, Massachusetts