About Nathan B. Durfee
Lived 1812 – 1872 (aged 60). Nathan B. Durfee was an American politician.
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee (September 29, 1812 – November 9, 1872) was a U.S. representative from Rhode Island.
Born in Tiverton, Rhode Island, Durfee completed preparatory studies. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and conducted a fruit orchard. He served as member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives for eleven years.
Durfee was elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859). He resumed his former pursuits. He was serving as county clerk at the time of his death in Tiverton, Rhode Island, on November 9, 1872. He was interred in the family burial ground near Tiverton, Rhode Island.
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Who was Nathan B. Durfee?
American politician (1812-1872)
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Nathan B. Durfee was born on 29 September 1812 in Tiverton.
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Nathan B. Durfee died on 9 November 1872 in Tiverton.
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Nathan B. Durfee was a politician.
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