William Charles Cole Claiborne (abt. 1773 - 1817)

Born about 13 Aug 1773 in Richmond, Sussex County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Clarisse (Duralde) Claiborne — married 27 Sep 1806 in St. Martinsville, LA

Husband of Cayetana Susana (Bosque Y Fangui) Claiborne — married 8 Nov 1812 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Nov 1817 at about age 44 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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United States in the War of 1812 Louisiana in the War of 1812

Preceded by 1st Territorial Governor Winthrop Sargent Preceded by Himself, as 1st Governor of the Territory of Orleans 1804-1812 Preceded by James Brown

William C. C. Claiborne 2nd Governor of Mississippi Territory 1801—1805 1st Governor of Louisiana 1812—1816 US Senator (Class 2) from Louisiana[1] 1817

Succeeded by 3rd Territorial Governor Robert Williams Succeeded by 2nd Governor Jacques Villeré Succeeded by Henry Johnson

Biography

William Claiborne is Notable.

Gov William Claiborne served for Louisiana in the War of 1812
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Note: His biography from the Biographical Directory of the American Congress:

CLAIBORNE, William Charles Cole, (brother of Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne, nephew of Thomas Claiborne [1749-1812], uncle of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, and great-great-great granduncle of Corinne Claiborne Boggs), a Representative from Tennessee and a Senator from Louisiana; born in Sussex County, Va., in 1775; moved in early youth to New York City; studied law in Richmond, Va.; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Sullivan County, Tenn.; delegate to the State constitutional convention from Sullivan County in 1796; appointed judge of the superior court in 1796; elected as a Republican from Tennessee to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses, and served from November 23, 1797, to March 3, 1801, in spite of the fact that he was still initially under the constitutional age requirement of twenty-five years; appointed Governor of the Territory of Mississippi in 1801; appointed in October 1803 one of the commissioners to take possession of Louisiana when purchased from France and served as Governor of the Territory of Orleans 1804-1812; Governor of Louisiana 1812-1816; elected as a Democratic Republican from Louisiana to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1817, until his death, before the assembling of Congress, in New Orleans, La., November 23, 1817; interment in Basin St. Louis Cemetery; reinterment in Metairie Cemetery.

US Congressman, US Senator, Louisiana Governor. In 1797 he was elected to represent Tennessee in the US House of Representatives despite being under the 25 year age limit and served until 1801. In 1801 he was appointed as Governor of the Mississippi territory and served until 1803. When Louisiana became a state he was appointed as Governor of the Orleans territory and served from 1804-1812. In 1812 he was elected Governor of Louisiana and served until 1816 when he was elected to the US Senate. He died in office in 1817 after only serving a few months in the Senate. (bio by: Tim Crutchfield) ^[2]

William Charles Cole Claiborne (c.1772/75 – 23 November 1817) was a United States politician, best known as the first non-colonial Governor of Louisiana. He also has the distinction of possibly being the youngest Congressman in U.S. history, though reliable sources differ about his age.

Claiborne supervised the transfer of Louisiana to U.S. control after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803; and he governed the "Territory of Orleans" from 1804 through 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.)^[3]

Note

Note: Bio notes: Claiborne's first wife and eldest daughter died of Yellow Fever in 1804. His second wife and consort died in 1809 of Yellow Fever after giving birth to his son.

Legacy

Claiborne County, Tennessee is named in his honor.

Sources

1. ↑ Died in office, vacant November 23, 1817 – January 12, 1818 when successor appointed.
2. ↑ Find A Grave Find A Grave: Memorial #7931338
3. ↑ Wikipedia [1]

• The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Virginia Historical Society, 1894, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 321, 324, JSTOR (Digital Library). [2]
• Arthur, Stanley Clisby, Old Families of Louisiana, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1999, originally published 1931), 144-148, Ancestry.com (Online Database). [3]
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Claiborne-148 created through the import of My-Family-7-Sep-2011.ged on Sep 7, 2011 by Angela Brunette-Bare. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Angela and others.