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NATHANIEL MACON (1758-1837)

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NATHANIEL

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

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