Nathan Belcher

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title: "Nathan Belcher" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1813-births", "1891-deaths", "democratic-party-members-of-the-connecticut-house-of-representatives", "amherst-college-alumni", "people-from-clinton,-connecticut", "people-from-preston,-connecticut", "politicians-from-new-london,-connecticut", "democratic-party-united-states-representatives-from-connecticut", "19th-century-united-states-representatives", "19th-century-members-of-the-connecticut-general-assembly"] description: "American politician" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Belcher" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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name	Nathan Belcher
state	Connecticut
district	3rd
term_start	March 4, 1853
term_end	March 3, 1855
predecessor	Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
successor	Sidney Dean
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birth_place	Preston, Connecticut
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death_place	New London, Connecticut
nationality	American
party	Democrat
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Nathan Belcher (June 23, 1813 – June 2, 1891) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was born in Preston, Connecticut. He completed academic studies and was graduated from Amherst College in 1832. Later, he studied law at the Cambridge Law School before being admitted to the bar in 1836. He commenced practice in Clinton, Connecticut before he moved in 1841 to New London, Connecticut where he engaged in manufacturing tools, hardware, and kitchen utensils.

Belcher was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives 1846 and 1847 and also served in the Connecticut Senate in 1850. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855) and was not a candidate for renomination in 1854. He resumed his former manufacturing pursuits and also engaged in banking. Belcher died in New London, Connecticut in 1891 and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery.

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