{{Short description|American politician (1766–1800)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Nathaniel Freeman Jr. | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | alt = | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = {{ushr|MA|5|5th}} | term_start1 = March 4, 1795 | term_end1 = March 3, 1799 | predecessor1 = ''[[Shearjashub Bourne|District reissued in 1795]]'' | successor1 = [[Lemuel Williams]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1766|5|1}} | birth_place = [[Sandwich, Massachusetts|Sandwich]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1800|8|22|1766|5|1}} | death_place = [[Sandwich, Massachusetts|Sandwich]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | spouse = | party = [[Federalist Party|Federalist]]<br>[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] | relations = [[Jonathan Freeman (representative)|Jonathan Freeman]] (uncle) | children = | alma_mater = [[Harvard University]] | occupation = Lawyer | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Nathaniel Freeman Jr.''' (May 1, 1766 – August 22, 1800) was a [[United States representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]. Born in [[Sandwich, Massachusetts|Sandwich]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], he attended the common schools, graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1787, and studied law. He was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] about 1791 and commenced practice in Sandwich and the [[Cape Cod]] district. He served as brigade major in the [[Massachusetts militia]] for sixteen years, and was a [[justice of the peace]] in 1793.

Freeman was elected as a [[USFederalist|Federalist]] to the Fourth Congress and elected as a [[Democratic-Republican]] to the Fifth Congress, serving from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1799. He died in Sandwich; interment was in the Old Burial Ground.

Nathaniel Freeman's uncle [[Jonathan Freeman (representative)|Jonathan Freeman]] was a U.S. representative from [[New Hampshire]].

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