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NATHANIEL MACON (1758-1837)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 266 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MACON (1758-1837)  , See also:American See also:political See also:leader, was See also:born at See also:Macon See also:Manor, See also:Warren See also:county, See also:North Carolina, on the 17th of See also:December 1758 . He studied at the See also:college of New See also:Jersey (now See also:Princeton University) from 1774 to 1776, when the institution was closed on See also:account of the outbreak of the See also:War of See also:Independence; served fora See also:short See also:time in a New Jersey See also:militia See also:company; studied See also:law at See also:Bute See also:Court-See also:house, North Carolina, in 1777-1780, at the same time managing his See also:tobacco See also:plantation; was a member of a Warren county militia company in 1780-1782, and served in the North Carolina See also:Senate in 1781-1785 . In 1786 he was elected to the See also:Continental See also:Congress, but declined to serve . In 1791-1815 he was a member of the See also:national House of Representatives, and in 1815-1828 of the See also:United States Senate . Macon's point of view was always See also:local rather than national .

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