William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775 – 23 November 1817) was a United States politician, best known as the first U.S. governor of Louisiana. He also has the distinction of being the youngest Congressman in U.S. history, having been elected to the House of Representatives at the age of 22.
William C. C. Claiborne was born in Sussex County, Virginia. He studied at the College of William and Mary, then Richmond Academy. At the age of 16 he moved to ...
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William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775 – 23 November 1817) was a United States politician, best known as the first U.S. governor of Louisiana. He also has the distinction of being the youngest Congressman in U.S. history, having been elected to the House of Representatives at the age of 22.
William C. C. Claiborne was born in Sussex County, Virginia. He studied at the College of William and Mary, then Richmond Academy. At the age of 16 he moved to New York City, where he worked as a clerk under John Beckley, the clerk of the United States House of Representatives, which was then seated in that city. He moved to Philadelphia with the Federal Government. He then began study of law, and moved to Tennessee in 1794 to start a law practice. Governor John Sevier appointed Claiborne to that state's supreme court in 1796. The following year he resigned to run successfully for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, even though he was not yet 25 years of age, as required by the United States...
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