{{Short description|American politician (1748–1818)}} {{More footnotes needed|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Josiah Dean | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = {{ushr|MA|9|9th}} | term_start1 = March 4, 1807 | term_end1 = March 3, 1809 | predecessor1 = [[Phanuel Bishop]] | successor1 = [[Laban Wheaton]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1748|3|6}} | birth_place = [[Raynham, Massachusetts|Raynham]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1818|10|14|1748|3|6}} | death_place = [[Raynham, Massachusetts|Raynham]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | spouse = | party = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Josiah Dean''' (March 6, 1748 – October 14, 1818) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]. Born in [[Raynham, Massachusetts|Raynham]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], Dean attended the common schools. His primary business pursuits were in the rolling-mill and shipbuilding business. He served as the selectman in 1781, town clerk in 1805, and in the [[Massachusetts State Senate]] from 1804 to 1807.

Dean was elected to the [[10th United States Congress|Tenth]] United States Congress as a [[Democratic-Republican]] member of the House of Representatives. He served in this position for one term, which lasted from 1807 to 1809.

Following his tenure in Congress, he was elected to the State House of Representatives in 1810 and 1811.

Dean remained in the private sector for the remainder of his life. He died in [[Raynham, Massachusetts]], on October 14, 1818, and was interred in Pleasant Street Cemetery.

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