Record #:

21674

Author(s):

Price, William S., Jr.

Abstract:

In 1791, Nathaniel Macon entered the U.S. House of Representatives and began a 37 year career in Congress. During those years, he spent 24 in the House and 13 in the Senate, and demonstrated a strong degree of Anti-federalism throughout. Macon had a deep suspicion of overarching power and subsequent corruption, supported white male suffrage, desired to protect individual freedoms, feared unfair taxation and patronage, and wanted to protect state sovereignty through the strict interpretation of the Constitution.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 81 Issue 3, July 2004, p288-312 , il, por, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Politics and government