George Mason IV

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George Mason IV was an American Founding Father and influential Virginia statesman best known as the principal author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and a key advocate for individual liberties.

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George Mason IV canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Founding Father of the United States ⓘ
Virginia planter ⓘ
human ⓘ
authorOf Virginia Declaration of Rights ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Colony of Virginia ⓘ
United States ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1725-12-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1792-10-07 ⓘ
educatedAt home schooling ⓘ
ethnicGroup English American ⓘ
familyName Mason ⓘ
father George Mason III ⓘ
fullName George Mason IV ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
hasPart large enslaved workforce on his plantations ⓘ
influenced Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
United States Bill of Rights ⓘ
linked to: Bill of Rights
knownFor advocacy of individual liberties ⓘ
opposition to ratification of the U.S. Constitution without a bill of rights ⓘ
principal author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ
linked to: House of Burgesses

Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ
mother Ann Thomson Mason ⓘ
linked to: Ann Eilbeck Mason
namesake George Mason Memorial in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
George Mason University ⓘ
notableWork Virginia Declaration of Rights ⓘ
occupation planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
owned enslaved people ⓘ
participantIn American Revolution era politics ⓘ
Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
Gunston Hall plantation ⓘ
placeOfDeath Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ
Gunston Hall plantation ⓘ
politicalAlignment Anti-Federalist ⓘ
positionHeld delegate to the Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
delegate to the Virginia Convention ⓘ
member of the Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ
reasonForRefusal absence of a bill of rights in the original Constitution ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ
Gunston Hall ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent refused to sign the United States Constitution in 1787 ⓘ
spouse Ann Eilbeck ⓘ

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Gunston Hall → notableResident → George Mason IV ⓘ
Thomson Mason → relative → George Mason IV ⓘ
Mason family of Virginia → notableMember → George Mason IV ⓘ
George Mason IV → fullName → George Mason IV ⓘ