Answer the following question: Facts:   - jr/sr: united states senator    - party: democratic      - succeeded: reuel williams    - birth date: 25 april 1772    - relations: israel putnam    - profession: lawyer judge politician    - resting place: village cemetery fryeburg , maine    - death date: 27 december 1845    - spouse: elizabeth ripley dana mehitable mcmillan    - office: judge of the maine court of common pleas    - term end: march 3 , 1837 1829    - name: judah dana    - death place: fryeburg , maine    - birth place: pomfret , vermont    - state: maine    - nationality: american    - alma mater: dartmouth college    - imagesize: 153px    - preceded: ether shepley    - children: caroline francis putnaman dana abigail ripley dana catherine putnam dana emily elizabeth wheelock dana sarah malleville dana dana maria annette dana john winchester dana    - term start: december 7 , 1836 1811    - image: senator judah dana.jpg   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of judah dana .
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judah dana -lrb- april 25 , 1772 -- december 27 , 1845 -rrb- was an american lawyer , judge and politician .he served as a united states senator from maine and as judge of the maine court of common pleas during the early 1800s .