Samuel Deane

Samuel Deane (1733–1814) was a prominent New England Congregationalist minister and theologian whose Election Sermon of 1780 exemplified the intersection of Revolutionary-era political thought and Reformed theology. As pastor of the Portland, Maine church and a respected intellectual voice during the early American republic, Deane articulated arguments connecting divine providence to the founding principles of the new nation. His theological writings and sermons contributed significantly to the development of American Protestant thought in the late eighteenth century.