Blount, William, 1749-1800

LC control no.	n 84136128
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Blount, William, 1749-1800 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
See also	Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio. Governor (1790-1796 : Blount) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Birth date	1749-03-26
Death date	1800-03-21
Place of birth	Windsor (N.C.)
Place of death	Knoxville (Tenn.)
Affiliation	North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Commons United States. Continental Congress North Carolina. General Assembly. Senate United States. Congress. Senate Tennessee. General Assembly. Senate
Profession or occupation	Governors--New Jersey
Found in	His Proceedings on the impeachment of William Blount, a senator of the United States from the state of Tennessee, 1799. NUC Pre-56 (Blount, William, 1749-1800) Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio. Governor (1790-1796 : Blount). By William Blount, governor in and over the Territory of the United States of America, South of the River Ohio, a proclamation, 1794. DAB (Blount, William; speaker N.C. House of Commons; member N.C. Senate; served in U.S. Congress; June 1790 appointed governor of the Tenn. Territory and served until Jan. 1796; U.S. Senator from Tenn.; speaker Tenn. Senate; b. 3/26/1749; d. 3/21/1800) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed July 20, 2016 (Blount, William, (father of William Grainger Blount and brother of Thomas Blount), a Delegate from North Carolina and a Senator from Tennessee; born near Windsor, Bertie County, N.C., March 26, 1749; pursued preparatory studies in New Bern, N.C.; paymaster of the Continental troops, North Carolina Line, in 1777; member, State house of commons 1780-1784; Member of the Continental Congress in 1782, 1783, 1786, and 1787; delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and one of the signers of the Constitution; member, State senate 1788-1790; appointed Governor of the Territory South of the Ohio river by President George Washington in 1790; Superintendent of Indian Affairs 1790-1796; chairman of the convention which framed the first State constitution of Tennessee 1796; upon the admission of Tennessee as a State into the Union was elected to the United States Senate and served from August 2, 1796, until he was found guilty "of a high misdemeanor, entirely inconsistent with his public trust and duty as a Senator," because he had been active in a plan to incite the Creek and Cherokee Indians to aid the British in conquering the Spanish territory of West Florida; expelled from the Senate July 8, 1797; impeachment proceedings were instituted but dismissed; during the trial was elected to the State senate of Tennessee and chosen its president; died in Knoxville, Tenn., March 21, 1800; interment in the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.)