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About Francis Dana
Francis Dana was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777–1778 and 1784. A signer of the Articles of Confederation, he was secretary to the diplomatic mission that negotiated the end of the American Revolution, and was appointed Minister to Russia. He later served as a member of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and served as the chief justice for 15 years.
Everything about Francis Dana →- Occupation
- lawyer, diplomat, judge, politician
- Position held
- United States ambassador to the Russian Empire, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, ambassador
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- June 13, 1743
- Died
- April 25, 1811