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William Blount (April 6, 1749 – March 21, 1800) was an American politician, landowner and Founding Father who was one of the signers of the Constitution of the United States. He was a member of the North Carolina delegation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and led the efforts for North Carolina to ratify the Constitution in 1789 at ...
Oct 8, 2017 · Blount, William | Tennessee Encyclopedia. William Blount. (1749-1800) Written by Terry Weeks. 3 minutes to read. Territorial Governor and U.S. Senator William Blount was born on Easter Sunday (March 26) 1749, the eldest child of Jacob and Barbara Gray Blount of Bertie County, North Carolina.
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William Blount (born March 26, 1749, Bertie County, N.C.—died March 21, 1800, Knoxville, Tenn., U.S.) was the first territorial governor of (1790–96) and later one of the first two U.S. senators from Tennessee (1796–97). Blount served in the North Carolina militia during the Revolutionary War.
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Senate vote: July 8, 1797. Result: Expelled. Background. In 1790 President George Washington appointed William Blount, a Republican, as governor of the newly formed Tennessee Territory. When Tennessee entered the Union in 1796, the legislature chose Blount as one of the state's first two United States senators.
Center in Philadelphia. William Blount is the only Tennessean who signed the U.S. Constitution. He was governor of the Southwest Territory, which Tennessee was part of before it became a state. He was also a U.S. Senator from Tennessee and the first member expelled from that body.
Jan 2, 2024 · William Blount. Federal Impeachment. William Blount. Blount was a senator from Tennessee in the fourth Congress. In 1797, he was charged with conspiring with the Cherokee and the British to conquer Spanish Florida. The Senate voted to expel him in July 1797, but because of the gravity of the charges Congress continued to investigate the matter.
Jul 7, 2023 · July 7, 2023 | by NCC Staff. More in Constitution Daily Blog. William Blount is one of the lesser-known men who signed the Constitution, but one of the most controversial, since he put a vital part of the founding document to a critical test less than a decade after it was ratified.
