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William C.C. Claiborne
Claiborne
Historical Figure
Nationality: United States
Year of Birth: Some time between 1772 and 1775
Year of Death: 1817
Cause of Death: Natural Causes
Occupation: Politician
Fictional Appearances:
Trail of Glory
POD: March 27, 1814
Appearance(s): 1812: The Rivers of War
Type of Appearance: Contemporary Reference

William Charles Cole Claiborne (before 23 November 1772, or on 13 August 1773, or between 23 November 1773 and 23 November 1774, or in August 1775 – 23 November 1817) was a United States politician, best known as the first Governor of Louisiana after U.S. Statehood. He also has the distinction of possibly being the youngest Congressman in U.S. history, though reliable sources differ about his age.

William C.C. Claiborne in Trail of Glory[]

In the days leading up to what came to be the Battle of the Mississippi, Louisiana Governor William C.C. Claiborne proposed that freedmen living in the state might form two battalions to meet the pending British invasion of New Orleans. General Andrew Jackson, newly arrived in New Orleans, accepted those battalions, each under the command of Majors Louis Daquin and Pierre Lacoste, respectively. This did not sit well with plantation owners all over Lousiana, who protested to Jackson. Jackson, while holding an ill-view of blacks, was utterly disgusted with the plantation owners for their short-sightedness.[1]


Political offices
(OTL)
Preceded by
Andrew Jackson
At Large Representative from Tennessee
1797–1801
Succeeded by
William Dickson
Preceded by
Winthrop Sargent
Governor of Mississippi Territory
1801–1805
Succeeded by
Robert Williams
Preceded by
Pierre Clément de Laussat
Governor of Territory of Orleans
1803–1812
Succeeded by
Became Governor of Louisiana
Preceded by
none
Governor of Louisiana
1812–1816
Succeeded by
Jacques Villeré
Preceded by
James Brown
United States Senator from Louisiana
1817
Served alongside: Eligius Fromentin
Succeeded by
Henry Johnson
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