OVERVIEW:

BORN:
December 17, 1757,
Warrenton, North Carolina

DIED:
June 29, 1837 (age 79)
Buck Spring, North Carolina

EDUCATION:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Anti-Administration (before 1792)
Democratic-Republican (1792-1828)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1781, 1782, 1784:
Elected to the North Carolina State Senate
1785:
Elected to the Continental Congress and Declined to Serve
1791-1815:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1801-1807:
Speaker of the House of Representatives
1815-1828:
U.S. Senator from North Carolina 
1824:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Vice President
1826-1827:
President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate

RESOURCES:
U.S. House of Representatives
Historical Highlights (U.S. House)
Biographical Directory of Congress
NCPedia
North Carolina History Project
The Life of Nathaniel Macon (William E. Dodd)
Memoir of Nathaniel Macon
Wikipedia

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