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==Early life==

==Early life==

He was born in New Jersey in 1740, and received a classical education.  He graduated from Princeton College in 1750 after studying law, and was admitted soon after to the bar, becoming an attorney in North Carolina.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3W8sAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA525 The Political Register and Congressional Directory: A Statistical Record of the Federal Officials, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, of the United States of America, 1776-1878]</ref>

He was born in 1740 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and received a classical education.  He graduated from Princeton College in 1750 after studying law, and was admitted soon after to the bar, becoming an attorney in North Carolina.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3W8sAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA525 The Political Register and Congressional Directory: A Statistical Record of the Federal Officials, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, of the United States of America, 1776-1878]</ref>

==Career==

==Career==

He was a member of the State Senate 1779-1782,1785-1787, and 1788; was governor of North Carolina 1782-1785 and 1789-1792

He was a member of the State Senate 1779-1782,1785-1787, and 1788; was governor of North Carolina 1782-1785 and 1789-1792

In 1787 he was a delegate to the convention to adopt the Federal Constitution with [[Richard Dobbs Spaight]], [[William Richardson Davie]], [[William Blount]], and [[Hugh Williamson]]. He was a United States senator from North Carolina, serving from December 2, 1793, to March 3, 1799

In 1787 he was a delegate to the convention to adopt the Federal Constitution with [[Richard Dobbs Spaight]], [[William Richardson Davie]], [[William Blount]], and [[Hugh Williamson]]. He later attempted to join the Hillsborough Constitutional Convention, which is where North Carolina considered the ratification of the Constitution.  His attempt to join was unsuccessful which meant that Alexander Martin was the only delegate of the [[Constitutional Convention]] who did not play a role in state ratification.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=t2GwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92 The Creators of the Constitution]</ref>

 

He was a United States senator from North Carolina, serving from December 2, 1793, to March 3, 1799

==Passing==

==Passing==

==References==

==References==

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