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William Charles Cole Claiborne (c. 1773–1775 – November 23, 1817) was an American politician and military officer who served as the governor of Louisiana from April 30, 1812 to December 16, 1816. He was also possibly the youngest member of the United States Congress in the history of the United States , although reliable sources differ ...
Claiborne had defeated Creole Jacques Villere to become the first elected governor of the State of Louisiana. He had to work all the harder to win the Creoles' allegiance to democratic government during the tough economic times caused by the British blockade of the Mississippi River.
He was a clever, resourceful politician, a powerful man, and a champion of colonial rights and of personal liberty. Several decades later one of his many descendants, William Charles Cole Claiborne, was born in 1775 in Sussex County, Virginia, not far from Richmond.
May 7, 2013 · Learn about the life and career of William C. C. Claiborne, the first territorial and state governor of Louisiana. He played a key role in Americanizing the former French colony, suppressing a slave revolt, and defending New Orleans from British invasion.
- Greater New Orleans
- Antebellum Period, U.S. Territorial Period
William Claiborne also, spelled Cleyburne (c. 1600 – c. 1677) was an English pioneer, surveyor, and an early settler in the colonies/provinces of Virginia and Maryland and around the Chesapeake Bay. Claiborne became a wealthy merchant and planter, as well as a major political figure in the mid-Atlantic colonies.
William Charles Cole Claiborne ( c. 1773–1775 – November 23, 1817) was an American politician and military officer who served as the governor of Louisiana from April 30, 1812 to December 16, 1816.
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May 4, 2023 · Official letter books of W. C. C. Claiborne, 1801-1816 : Claiborne, William C. C. (William Charles Cole), 1775-1817 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
