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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]
- ↑ 1812: The Rivers of War, Ch. 34.
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| 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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