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During this same time, Macon married, established a new plantation at Buck Spring near the Roanoke River, and was appointed a lieutenant colonel of the Warren County militia, a position he was highly active and diligent in. In 1786 he was elected to serve in the Continental Congress for the following year, but declined on grounds of insufficient compensation (though more likely because of dislike for involvement in the federal government). He likewise opposed the new Constitution that was drafted in 1787, and, though not (unlike his brother John, also a Jones supporter) a member of the ratification convention, supported the campaign to reject it. After North Carolina finally ratified the Constitution in November 1789, however, Macon accepted calls to represent the [[Anti-Federalists]] in [[United States Congress|Congress]], and was elected as the first U.S. Representative for the Hillsboro district in 1790.
During this same time, Macon married, established a new plantation at Buck Spring near the Roanoke River, and was appointed a lieutenant colonel of the Warren County militia, a position he was highly active and diligent in. In 1786 he was elected to serve in the Continental Congress for the following year, but declined on grounds of insufficient compensation (though more likely because of dislike for involvement in the federal government). He likewise opposed the new Constitution that was drafted in 1787, and, though not (unlike his brother John, also a Jones supporter) a member of the ratification convention, supported the campaign to reject it. After North Carolina finally ratified the Constitution in November 1789, however, Macon accepted calls to represent the [[Anti-Federalists]] in [[United States Congress|Congress]], and was elected as the first U.S. Representative for the Hillsboro district in 1790.
'''House of Representatives'''
Macon took his seat in the House in October 1791 and quickly became prominent as a supporter of [[Thomas Jefferson]] and an opponent of [[Alexander Hamilton]] and his plans for political and economic centralization, including his funding and assumption scheme and proposal for a national bank. In February 1792, Macon introduced a bill to force the Treasury Department to disclose its financial records, igniting a severe controversy.
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