Macon, Nathaniel
soldier, congressman, United States senator, was born Dec. 17, 1757, in Warren county, N. C.
In 1791 he was elected a representative in congress from North Carolina, and continued a member of that body until transferred to the United States senate in 1815, where he served until 1828. From 1801 until 1805 was speaker of the house, and from 1825 to 1828 was president pro tem. of the senate. He was for thirtyseven years a member of the house or senate, and was called the Father of the House, having served a longer time in that body than any other man. His service in congress for thirty-seven years exceeds that of any other American statesman, and the cities, towns and counties in the southern and western states which bear his name, show the extent of his popularity in his day. He died June 29, 1837, in Warren county, N. C.
MAC QUEARY, HOWARD, clergyman, author, was born in 1861, in Virginia.
He is a universalist clergyman of Minneapolis. He was formerly an episcopal clergyman in Ohio, but, on account of his denial of the virgin birth of Christ, was tried for heresy in 1891 and suspended from the episcopal ministry. He is the author of Evolution of Man and Christianity; Topics of the Times; and Lectures on Theological and Sociological Themes.