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Macon served North Carolina as a congressman and senator from 1791 to 1828. His leadership was useful to both the young state and the young nation.
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10744
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Nathaniel Macon's home and estate now belong to Warren County, and the Board of Commissioners has plans for its restoration. The complex, known as \"Buck Springs,\" is located eight miles from Littleton. Macon was one of North Carolina's premiere statesmen, having been speaker of the national House of Representatives, a leader in the Madison administration in 1810, a member of the United States Senate, and president of the North Carolina Constitutional Convention in 1835.
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11504
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Palmer recounts notable events in the life of Nathaniel Macon, one of the foremost public men in the state. Among them were Revolutionary War soldier; serving in Congress for thirty-five years; and president of the Constitutional Convention of 1835.
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20476
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Nathaniel Macon was a prominent statesman with great influence in Thomas Jefferson's election as president in 1800. After retirement, Macon returned to his home plantation in Warren County where he continued to correspond with close associates in Congress such as John Randolph of Roanoke.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 39 Issue 2, Apr 1962,
p195-211, por, f
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20659
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This article provides a biographical sketch of North Carolina U.S. Senator Nathaniel Macon. A particular focus is placed on his senatorial career and his political objections to national consolidation and the increasing power of the national government. Macon favored the agrarian and independent lifestyle favored by rural society and was interested in maintaining the rights of the states.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 32 Issue 3, July 1955,
p376-384, f
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20869
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Previous scholarship on Senator Nathaniel Macon has focused on his long congressional career, and this article attempts understand his attitude towards the public domain.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 38 Issue 4, Oct 1961,
p482-499, f
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21641
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This biographical essay examines the life and career of Nathaniel Macon, a Warren County planter who was elected three times as speaker of the House of Representatives, served as US senator from North Carolina for 13 years, and presided over the 1835 North Carolina state constitutional convention. In spite of his political success, Macon's role as a planter was the one that gave him the most satisfaction.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 78 Issue 2, Apr 2001,
p187-214, il, por, f
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