William Blount
American statesman and land speculator who signed the United States Constitution (1749-1800) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 50
William Blount was an American politician, landowner and Founding Father who was one of the signers of the Constitution of the United States.
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Alexander Hamilton 6 moreTook partNamed Delegate to the United States Constitutional ConventionOffice25 May to 17 September 17871749Born26 March 1749People around William
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Blount Hall, childhood home of William Blount
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Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, a 1940 painting by Howard Chandler Christy
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Blount Mansion, home of William Blount in Knoxville, built in the early 1790s
Portrait of Blount by Albert Rosenthal
Drawing depicting a brawl between congressmen Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold, which took place at one of Blount's impeachment hearings in January 1798About this person
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 the Fayetteville Convention. He then served as the only governor of the Southwest Territory and played a leading role in helping the territory gain admission to the union as the state of Tennessee. He was selected as one of Tennessee's initial United States Senators in 1796, serving until he was expelled for treason in 1797.
