Background
Dean, Josiah was born on March 6, 1748 in Raynham, Massachusetts, United States.
United States representative politician Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Dean, Josiah was born on March 6, 1748 in Raynham, Massachusetts, United States.
Born in Raynham, Massachusetts, Dean attended the common schools.
He engaged in the rolling-mill and shipbuilding business. Selectman in 1781. Town clerk in 1805. He served in the State senate 1804–1807.
Dean was elected as a Democratic-Republican member to the Tenth Congress (March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809). He resumed his former business pursuits. He died in Raynham, Massachusetts, October 14, 1818.
He was interred in Pleasant Street Cemetery.
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1810 and 1811.