Dane was born in
Beverly, Massachusetts, on October 25, 1778. He received his early education in Beverly, attended
Phillips Academy in
Andover, Massachusetts, and graduated from
Harvard University in 1799. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1802 and commenced practice in
Kennebunk, Maine (until 1820 a district of
Massachusetts). He was a delegate to the Massachusetts constitutional conventions in 1816 and 1819. He was chosen a member of the executive council of Massachusetts in 1817, but declined the office. He was elected as a
Federalist to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
John Holmes. He was reelected to the Seventeenth Congress and served from November 6, 1820, to March 3, 1823. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1822. He was elected a member of the
Maine House of Representatives, and served in the
Maine State Senate. He declined to serve as
executive councilor of Maine in 1841. He died in Kennebunk on May 1, 1858. His interment was in Hope Cemetery. ==References==