George Nicholas

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American Founding Era figure lawyer person politician

George Nicholas was an influential Virginia lawyer and politician who played a key role in advocating for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

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Label	Occurrences
George Nicholas canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Founding Era figure ⓘ lawyer ⓘ person ⓘ politician ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ state law in Kentucky ⓘ state law in Virginia ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	18th century ⓘ
contributedTo	development of Kentucky’s first constitution ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Colony of Virginia United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	College of William & Mary ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English American ⓘ
familyName	Nicholas ⓘ
father	Robert Carter Nicholas Sr. ⓘ
givenName	George ⓘ
historicalPeriod	American Revolutionary era ⓘ Early Republic of the United States ⓘ surface form: Early American Republic
knownFor	advocating for ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ influence on early Kentucky politics ⓘ leadership in the Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
legalTraining	read law in Virginia ⓘ
notableRelative	Governor Wilson Cary Nicholas ⓘ
notableWork	speeches in favor of the U.S. Constitution at the Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ
occupation	lawyer ⓘ planter ⓘ politician ⓘ
participantIn	Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ surface form: Virginia Ratifying Convention of 1788
placeOfBirth	Williamsburg ⓘ surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
placeOfDeath	Lexington ⓘ surface form: Lexington, Kentucky
politicalAlignment	Federalist ⓘ
positionHeld	Attorney General ⓘ surface form: Attorney General of Kentucky member of the Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
residence	Albemarle County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lexington, Kentucky ⓘ
sibling	John Nicholas ⓘ Wilson Cary Nicholas ⓘ
spouse	Mary Smith ⓘ
stateOfOrigin	Virginia ⓘ
supported	ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
workLocation	Kentucky ⓘ Virginia ⓘ

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Virginia Ratifying Convention → significantPerson → George Nicholas ⓘ

Nicholasville (Nicholas family / likely Colonel George Nicholas) → associatedWithPerson → George Nicholas ⓘ