Nathaniel Briggs Durfee (September 29, 1812 – November 9, 1872) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Durfee completed preparatory studies. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and conducted a fruit orchard. He served as member of the

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for eleven years. Durfee was elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a

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to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859). He resumed his former pursuits. He was serving as county clerk at the time of his death in

, on November 9, 1872. He was interred in the family burial ground near

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