Nathaniel Macon
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| President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate | |
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In office May 20, 1826 – December 2, 1827 |
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| Preceded by | John Gaillard |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Smith |
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United States Senator from North Carolina |
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In office December 5, 1815 – November 14, 1828 |
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| Preceded by | Francis Locke Jr. |
| Succeeded by | James Iredell Jr. |
| 5th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives | |
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In office December 7, 1801 – March 4, 1807 |
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| President | Thomas Jefferson |
| Preceded by | Theodore Sedgwick |
| Succeeded by | Joseph B. Varnum |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 6th district |
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In office March 4, 1803 – December 13, 1815 |
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| Preceded by | William H. Hill |
| Succeeded by | Weldon N. Edwards |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 5th district |
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In office March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1803 |
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| Preceded by | William B. Grove |
| Succeeded by | James Gillespie |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1793 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh Williamson |
| Succeeded by | Matthew Locke |
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December 17, 1757 Warrenton, North Carolina, British America |
| Died | June 29, 1837 (aged 79) Warrenton, North Carolina, U.S. |
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Anti-Administration (Before 1792) Democratic-Republican (1792–1828) |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
Nathaniel Macon (December 17, 1757 – June 29, 1837) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator and Representative from North Carolina. During his political career he was spokesman for the Old Republican faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that wanted to strictly limit the United States federal government. Macon was born near Warrenton, North Carolina, and attended the College of New Jersey and served briefly in the American Revolutionary War. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1791 to 1815; from 1801 to 1807 he was the fifth Speaker of the House. He served in the Senate from 1815 until his resignation in 1828. He was president of the North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1835.
Nathaniel Macon was the son of Maj. Gideon Macon (1715–1761) and Priscilla Jones (1718 – March 1802). Gideon Macon was born in Virginia, but moved to North Carolina in the early 1740s. He and Priscilla were married in North Carolina in 1744.
Gideon Macon built "Macon Manor" and became a prosperous tobacco planter. Nathaniel, born at Macon Manor, was the sixth child of Gideon and Priscilla, and he was only two when his father died in 1761. Upon his death, Gideon possessed 3,000 acres (12 km2) of land and 25–30 slaves. Nathaniel was bequeathed two parcels of land and all of his father’s blacksmithing tools. Gideon also left his son three slaves: George, Robb, and Lucy.
In 1766, Priscilla (Jones) Macon, now the wife of Col. James Ransom, arranged for the education of two of her sons, Nathaniel and John, along with the two sons of her neighbor Philemon Hawkins. For this purpose, they engaged Mr. Charles Pettigrew who later became the Principal of the Academy of Edenton in 1733. The two brothers and their neighbors, Joseph and Benjamin Hawkins, were instructed by him from 1766–1773. Three of the four boys (Nathaniel counted among them) continued on to further their education at the "College of New Jersey" at Princeton.
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