George Nicholas (politician)
George Nicholas (c. 1754 – July 25, 1799) was the first professor of law at Transylvania University in Kentucky. He was also briefly attorney general of Kentucky, and had been several times a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He was the son of Robert C. Nicholas, Sr.; his brothers included Wilson Cary Nicholas. He was the father of Robert C. Nicholas.[1] He was a friend and correspondent of James Madison; he was also extremely obese, and Madison laughed until he cried at a caricature of Nicholas, during the Virginia convention to ratify the United States Constitution, as a plum pudding with legs.[2]
Quotes
"If the federal government try to reach any supplementally condition to impose upon us, we would be in Virginia exonerated."
Notes
- ^ du Bellet, Louise Pecquet (1907). Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volumes I and II. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield. p. 316.
- ^ American National Biography, "George Nicholas"
References
- Allen, William B. (1872). A History of Kentucky: Embracing Gleanings, Reminiscences, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Statistics, and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and Other Leading Men, of All Occupations and Pursuits. Bradley & Gilbert. pp. 240–241. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
- Andrew Cayton: American National Biography, "George Nicholas".
External links
- Guide to the Reuben T. Durrett Collection of George Nicholas Papers 1788-1890 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center
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