Wilson Cary Nicholas [SEP] position held
Wilson Cary Nicholas
Wilson Cary Nicholas (January 31, 1761October 10, 1820) was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1799 to 1804 and was the 19th Governor of Virginia from 1814 to 1816.
Early life.
Nicholas was born in Williamsburg in the Colony of Virginia on January 31, 1761, and was a son of Robert Carter Nicholas Sr. and Ann Cary. He was educated privately and later attended the College of William and Mary. Nicholas studied law, probably with his father,
stance publicly would have justified the Federalist attacks against the secessionist tendencies of the Democratic-Republicans. Madison won over Jefferson, who shortly thereafter wrote to Wilson Cary Nicholas that: "From [this position] I retreat readily, not only in deference to [Madison's] judgment but because as we should never think of separation but for repeated and enormous violations, so these, when they occur, will be cause enough of themselves." Adrienne Koch and Harry Ammon, examining Jefferson's later writing, conclude that Madison had