Gorham, Nathaniel
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born May 27, 1738, in Charlestown, Mass. He was a representative in the legislature from 1771 to 1775; was a delegate to the provincial congress in 1774 and 1775; and again a member of the legislature, and a member of the board of war from 1778 until its dissolution.
He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1779; a delegate to the continental congress in 1782 and 1783, and from 1785 to 1787, and was chosen president of that body in 1786. He was for several years a judge of the court of common pleas. He died June 11, 1796, in Charlestown, Mass.