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William Blount (/ b l ĘŚ n t / BLUNT; April 6, 1749 – March 21, 1800) [1] was an American politician, landowner and Founding Father who was one of the signers of the Constitution of the United States.
The Blount Mansion, also known as William Blount Mansion, located at 200 West Hill Avenue in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, was the home of the only territorial governor of the Southwest Territory, William Blount (1749–1800).
William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy (c. 1478 – 8 November 1534), KG, of Barton Blount, Derbyshire, was an extremely influential English courtier, a respected humanistic scholar and patron of learning. He was one of the most influential and perhaps the wealthiest English noble courtier of his time.
William Blount, a Constitutional Convention delegate and former state legislator who had championed the causes of western settlers, was supported by key North Carolina politicians such as Hugh Williamson, Timothy Bloodworth, John B. Ashe and Benjamin Hawkins. Blount, an aggressive land speculator, had extensive land holdings in the new territory.
Willie Blount (April 18, 1768 – September 10, 1835) [2] was an American politician who served as the third Governor of Tennessee from 1809 to 1815. Blount's efforts to raise funds and soldiers during the War of 1812 earned Tennessee the nickname, "Volunteer State." [3] He was the younger half-brother of Southwest Territory governor, William ...
William Grainger Blount (1784 – May 21, 1827) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives from 1815 to 1819. He is the son of Southwest Territory governor William Blount and nephew of Tennessee governor Willie Blount , serving under the latter as Tennessee Secretary of ...
William B. "Bill" Blount (born 1953) is an investment banker, bond underwriter, and former Alabama Democratic Party chairman. In 2009, he pled guilty to federal bribery and conspiracy charges in exchange for testimony against former Birmingham, Alabama , mayor Larry Langford .
William Blount (1749–1800) was an American statesman and land speculator. William Blount may also refer to: People. William Blount (Rutland MP), Member of ...