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William C. C. Claiborne | |
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 William C. C. Claiborne | |
| United States Senator from Louisiana | |
| In office March 4, 1817 – November 23, 1817 | |
| Preceded by | James Brown |
| Succeeded by | Henry Johnson |
| 1st Governor of Louisiana | |
| In office April 30, 1812 – December 16, 1816 | |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Governor of the Territory of Orleans) |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Villeré |
| Governor of the Territory of Orleans | |
| In office December 20, 1803 – April 30, 1812 | |
| President | Thomas Jefferson James Madison |
| Preceded by | Pierre Clément de Laussat (Under French control) |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Governor of Louisiana) |
| 2nd Governor of Mississippi Territory | |
| In office May 25, 1801 – March 1, 1803 | |
| President | Thomas Jefferson |
| Preceded by | Winthrop Sargent |
| Succeeded by | Robert Williams |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's at-large district | |
| In office November 23, 1797 – March 3, 1801 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Jackson |
| Succeeded by | William Dickson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Charles Cole Claiborne c. 1773–1775 Sussex County, Colony of Virginia, British America |
| Died | November 23, 1817 (aged approximately 42) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
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| Relatives | Ferdinand Claiborne (brother) Claiborne Pell (great-great-great-grandnephew) |
| Alma mater | College of William & Mary Richmond Academy |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | Louisiana Militia |
| Years of service | 1815 |
| Battles/wars | Battle of New Orleans |
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 about his age.[a]
Claiborne supervised the transfer of Louisiana from French to U.S. control after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, governing the "Territory of Orleans" from 1804 to 1812, the year in which Louisiana became a state. He won the first election for Louisiana's state Governor and served through 1816, for a total of thirteen years as Louisiana's executive administrator. New Orleans served as the capital city during both the colonial period and the early statehood period.
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