William Findley

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Anti-Federalist human politician

William Findley was a prominent Pennsylvania politician and leading Anti-Federalist voice who vigorously opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution without a bill of rights.

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Label	Occurrences
William Findley canonical	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anti-Federalist ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
advocatedFor	adoption of a federal bill of rights ⓘ greater protections for individual liberties ⓘ stronger role for state governments ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Irish ⓘ
familyName	Findley NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
knownFor	criticism of centralized federal power ⓘ leading Anti-Federalist voice in Pennsylvania ⓘ opposition to ratification of the U.S. Constitution without a bill of rights ⓘ writings on republican government and religious liberty ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Anti-Federalist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	defending western Pennsylvania interests in Congress ⓘ
notableWork	A Review of the Revenue System Adopted by Congress in 1789 NERFINISHED ⓘ History of the Insurrection in the Four Western Counties of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Observations on the Two Sons of Oil NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ farmer ⓘ politician ⓘ
opposed	concentration of power in the federal government ⓘ unamended U.S. Constitution ⓘ
participatedIn	Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ debates over the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Anti-Federalist NERFINISHED ⓘ Democratic-Republican NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania ⓘ Member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ delegate to the Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention ⓘ member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ
religion	Presbyterian ⓘ
residence	Western Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
wroteAbout	American republicanism ⓘ Whiskey Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ church-state relations ⓘ tax policy in the early United States ⓘ

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Subject: William Findley
Description of subject: William Findley was a prominent Pennsylvania politician and leading Anti-Federalist voice who vigorously opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution without a bill of rights.

Referenced by (1)

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Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention → notableAntiFederalistDelegate → William Findley ⓘ