Background
Gorham, Nathaniel was born in May 1738 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nathaniel and Mary (Soley) Gorham.
Businessman Continental congressman
Gorham, Nathaniel was born in May 1738 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nathaniel and Mary (Soley) Gorham.
Delegate to Massachusetts Provincial Congress, 1774-1775. Delegate Massachusetts Constitutional Delegate to the United States Constitutional
Engaged in land speculation, obtained (with Oliver Phelps) title to 6,000,000 acres of land.
Member Massachusetts Board of War, 1778-1781. Member Massachusetts Senate, 1780. Member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1781-1787, speaker, 1781, 82, 85.
Member Continental Congress, 1782-1783, 85-87, president, 1786.
Member Massachusetts Convention which ratified United States Constitution, 1788.
Married Rebecca Call, 1763, 9 children.