William Maclay

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:advocatesFor Public education
State rights
gptkbp:affiliatedWith Founding Fathers
gptkbp:affiliation Anti-Federalist
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Pennsylvania_Senate
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:born March 20, 1736
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Luzerne_County,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:celebrates Maclay_Park
gptkbp:children William_Maclay_Jr.
gptkbp:civicEngagement Public service
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:American_government
Constitutional issues
Federal government structure
gptkbp:contribution Constitutional Convention
gptkbp:descendant Maclay_family
gptkbp:died April 7, 1810
gptkbp:education gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First Senatorial records
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Maclay
gptkbp:influence Early_American_politics
gptkbp:influenced Legislative process
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkbp:inspiration Future politicians
gptkbp:isInvolvedIn gptkb:U.S._Senate
gptkbp:knownFor First U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
gptkbp:legacy Political writings
gptkbp:legislation 1st United States Congress
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:First_Congress_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:notableWork Notes_on_the_Senate
gptkbp:occupation Politician
gptkbp:opposedBy Federalist_policies
gptkbp:participatedIn Political debates
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic-Republican
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic-Republican_Party
gptkbp:politicalRole State and federal politics
gptkbp:positionHeld U.S._Senator
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Robert_Morris
gptkbp:promoted Civic engagement
gptkbp:recognizedBy Historical societies
Contributions to democracy
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkbp:role Senator
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Continental_Congress
gptkbp:spouse Margaret_Maclay
gptkbp:successor Michael_Leib
gptkbp:supported gptkb:Bill_of_Rights
gptkbp:supports Land_policies
gptkbp:termEnd 1791
gptkbp:termStart 1789
gptkbp:wasPartOf Early_American_governance
gptkbp:wrote Letters and essays