Nathaniel Macon

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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
Macon County, Georgia
Macon County, North Carolina
ideology Jeffersonian republicanism
states' rights
strict constructionism
memberOf Adams Party
surface form: 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 Second Bank of the United States
surface form: 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
U.S. Representative
surface form: United States Representative

United States Senator
religion Baptist
represented U.S. Senate from North Carolina
surface form: 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

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North Carolina leaders includedLeader Nathaniel Macon
Macon, Georgia, United States namedAfter Nathaniel Macon
Macon, North Carolina namedAfter Nathaniel Macon
Macon County namedAfter Nathaniel Macon
subject surface form: Macon County, Georgia
Macon County namedAfter Nathaniel Macon
subject surface form: Macon County, Alabama
Macon County, Georgia namedAfter Nathaniel Macon
Macon hasNotableBearer Nathaniel Macon
Macon's Bill Number 2 sponsor Nathaniel Macon
Macon's Bill Number 2 namedAfter Nathaniel Macon
Macon County, Illinois namedAfter Nathaniel Macon
Macon County, North Carolina namedAfter Nathaniel Macon