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|name = William C.C. Claiborne
|image = Claiborne.jpg
|timeline = [[OTL]]
|nationality = [[United States]]
|birth = Some time between 1772 and 1775
|death = 1817
|cause of death = Natural Causes
|occupation = Politician
|affiliations = Democratic Republicans}}{{Clearright}}{{Trail of Glory Historical Character
|appearance = ''[[1812: The Rivers of War]]''|type of appearance = Contemporary Reference}}{{Stack end}}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 (Trail of Glory)|Louisiana]] Governor '''William C.C. Claiborne''' proposed that freedmen living in the state might form two battalions to meet the pending [[United Kingdom (Trail of Glory)|British]] invasion of [[New Orleans (Trail of Glory)|New Orleans]]. General [[Andrew Jackson (Trail of Glory)|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.<ref>''[[1812: The Rivers of War]]'', Ch. 34.</ref>
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|title=At Large Representative from [[Tennessee]]
|before=[[Andrew Jackson]]
|after=William Dickson
|years=1797–1801}}
{{succession box |title=Governor of [[Mississippi Territory]]| before=Winthrop Sargent| after=Robert Williams| years=1801–1805}}
{{succession box |title=Governor of Territory of Orleans| before=Pierre Clément de Laussat| after=Became Governor of [[Louisiana]]| years=1803–1812}}
{{succession box |title=Governor of [[Louisiana]]| before=none| after=Jacques Villeré | years=1812–1816}}
{{Successionbox|before=James Brown| after=Henry Johnson| alongside=Eligius Fromentin| years=1817|title=United States Senator from [[Louisiana]]}}
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