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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Judah Dana |
| Email | None |
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April 25, 1772
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| Died | December 27, 1845
(73 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | DANA, Judah, a Senator from Maine; born in Pomfret, Vt., April 25, 1772; attended the common schools, and graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1795; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1798 and practiced in Fryeburg, Maine (at the time a district of Massachusetts); prosecuting attorney of Oxford County 1805-1811; judge of probate 1811-1822; judge of the court of common pleas 1811-1823; was also a circuit judge; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1819 at which a committee was appointed to draw up a constitution for Maine; member of the Maine Executive Council in 1834; appointed as a Jacksonian to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ether Shepley and served from December 7, 1836, to March 3, 1837, when a successor was elected and qualified; died in Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine, December 27, 1845; interment in Village Cemetery.
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