Nathan Cutler (May 29, 1775 – June 8, 1861) was an American

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in Massachusetts and

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. He was a Democrat.''American Biography'' p 190 (1919) The American Historical Society, New York Cutler graduated from

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in 1798, and was preceptor at Middlebury Academy for one year thereafter. He then studied law with Judge Chipman of Vermont and later in

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, where he was admitted to the bar in 1801. For a time he practised in his native town before moving to

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, in 1803, where he lived for the rest of his life. In 1812, he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas but declined to accept the office. He was several times a member of the Legislature of Massachusetts before the separation of the

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. He was a delegate to the Maine Constitutional Convention in 1819 that framed the Constitution of the State of Maine, and subsequently became active in public life and politics in Maine. He was many times a member of the Legislature of Maine. In 1828, he was elected to the

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, and served as Senate president. When Governor Enoch Lincoln died on October 8, 1829, Cutler was sworn in as the seventh

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, serving until the expiration of his Senate term on January 6, 1830. Cutler was a presidential elector in 1832, and served in the

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in 1844. He was one of the incorporators of Farmington Academy and during his lifetime president of the board of trustees. He was deeply interested in classical studies, of which he was a lifelong student. He married Hannah Moore of

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, on September 10, 1804. They had nine children, of whom seven survived to adulthood. Hannah died in 1835. He married Harriet Weld née Easterbrooks of

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, in 1856.

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National Governors Association profile
* 1775 births 1861 deaths Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives Presidents of the Maine Senate Democratic Party Maine state senators Democratic Party governors of Maine Dartmouth College alumni Politicians from Farmington, Maine 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century members of the Maine Legislature {{Maine-MESenate-stub