# Joseph Dane

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{{Short description|American politician (1778–1858)}}
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| name              = 
| state_senate1     = Maine
| term1             = 1829
| state2            = [Maine](/source/Maine)
| constituency2     = {{ushr|ME|AL|At-large district}} (1820–1821)<br>{{ushr|ME|1|C}} (1821–1823)
| term_start2       = November 6, 1820
| term_end2         = March 3, 1823
| predecessor2      = ''District established''
| successor2        = [William Burleigh](/source/William_Burleigh)
| birth_date        = October 25, 1778
| birth_place       = [Beverly, Massachusetts](/source/Beverly%2C_Massachusetts), U.S.
| death_date        = May 1, 1858
| death_place       = [Kennebunk, Maine](/source/Kennebunk%2C_Maine), U.S.
| party             = [Federalist](/source/Federalist_Party)
| alma_mater        = [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University)
}}

'''Joseph Dane''' (October 25, 1778{{spnd}}May 1, 1858) was a [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) from [Maine](/source/Maine), serving from 1820 to 1823.

==Biography==
Dane was born in [Beverly, Massachusetts](/source/Beverly%2C_Massachusetts), on October 25, 1778. He received his early education in Beverly, attended [Phillips Academy](/source/Phillips_Academy) in [Andover, Massachusetts](/source/Andover%2C_Massachusetts), and graduated from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) in 1799.

He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1802 and commenced practice in [Kennebunk, Maine](/source/Kennebunk%2C_Maine) (until 1820 a district of [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts)). 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](/source/Federalist_Party_(United_States)) to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [John Holmes](/source/John_Holmes_(Maine_politician)). 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](/source/Maine_House_of_Representatives), and served in the [Maine State Senate](/source/Maine_State_Senate). He declined to serve as [executive councilor of Maine](/source/Executive_Council_of_Maine) in 1841. He died in Kennebunk on May 1, 1858. His interment was in Hope Cemetery.

==References==
* {{CongBio|D000026}}

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Category:19th-century United States representatives
Category:19th-century members of the Maine Legislature
Category:Massachusetts lawyers

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