Colonel George Nicholas

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Colonel George Nicholas was an American Revolutionary War officer and influential early Kentucky statesman often regarded as the "Father of the Kentucky Constitution."

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Colonel George Nicholas canonical 3

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instanceOf American Revolutionary War officer ⓘ
Kentucky statesman ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Lexington Cemetery (probable or traditional attribution) ⓘ
linked to: Lexington Cemetery
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryOfBirth Colony of Virginia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1754 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1799 ⓘ
educatedAt College of William & Mary ⓘ
familyName Nicholas ⓘ
father Robert Carter Nicholas Sr. ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
memberOf Kentucky constitutional convention ⓘ
Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
militaryBranch Continental Army ⓘ
nickname Father of the Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
notableFor advocacy for ratification of the United States Constitution in Virginia ⓘ
leadership in early Kentucky statehood politics ⓘ
notableWork principal drafter of the first Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participantIn drafting of the first Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
placeOfBirth Williamsburg, Virginia Colony ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lexington, Kentucky ⓘ
politicalAlignment Federalist ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
positionHeld Attorney General of Kentucky ⓘ
delegate to the Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ
leading framer of the Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
member of the Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
residence Lexington, Kentucky ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling John Nicholas ⓘ
Wilson Cary Nicholas ⓘ
spouse Mary Smith Nicholas ⓘ
linked to: Mary Smith
workLocation Lexington, Kentucky ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ

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