Amasa Learned (November 15, 1750 – May 4, 1825) was an American preacher, lawyer, and politician from New London, Connecticut.
[1] He studied theology, received a license from the Windham Association in October 1773, and preached for a short time before entering politics.
[4] Learned was elected to the upper house of assistants in 1791,[5] and simultaneously served as a judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors from 1791 to 1792.
[6] He was elected as a Pro-Administration candidate to the Second and Third Congresses, serving from March 4, 1791, to March 3, 1795; he was also the runner-up for another of Connecticut's at-large congressional districts in a December 1790 special election, losing to Jeremiah Wadsworth.
Learned's grandson, John Law, served as United States Representative from Indiana.