Nathaniel Macon

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American politician human statesman

Nathaniel Macon was an influential early American statesman from North Carolina who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as a U.S. Senator, known for his strict Jeffersonian principles and opposition to centralized federal power.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → human → statesman →
birthDate	1758-12-17 →
burialPlace	Buck Spring Plantation, Warren County, North Carolina →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1837-06-29 →
ethnicGroup	European American →
familyName	Macon →
gender	male →
givenName	Nathaniel →
honoredBy	Macon County, Alabama NERFINISHED → Macon County, Georgia NERFINISHED → Macon County, North Carolina →
ideology	Jeffersonian republicanism → states' rights → strict constructionism →
memberOf	Anti-Jacksonian faction → Democratic-Republican Party → United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
militaryService	American Revolutionary War →
notableFor	long service in the early United States Congress → opposition to centralized federal power →
occupation	planter → politician →
opposed	Bank of the United States → federal internal improvements → protective tariffs →
participatedIn	North Carolina constitutional convention of 1835 →
placeOfBirth	Warrenton, North Carolina →
placeOfDeath	Warrenton, North Carolina →
positionHeld	President pro tempore of the United States Senate → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives → United States Representative → United States Senator →
religion	Baptist →
represented	North Carolina in the United States Senate → North Carolina's 5th congressional district → North Carolina's 6th congressional district →
residence	Warren County, North Carolina →
servedIn	Continental Army →
stateOfOrigin	North Carolina →
supported	agrarian interests → limited federal government →
termEnd	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives 1807 →
termStart	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives 1801 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Macon, Georgia, United States → Macon, North Carolina →	namedAfter
North Carolina leaders →	includedLeader