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ABOUT
One of the signers of the United States Constitution who was the North Carolina delegate at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. He also served the state of Tennessee as it's first US Senator from 1796 to 1797.He pushed efforts in the legislature to open the lands west of the Appalachians to settlement and as Governor of the Southwest Territory, he negotiated the Treaty of Holston in 1791, which brought thousands of acres of Indian lands under U.S. controlHe and James Madison were both signers of the U.S. Constitution.
BEFORE FAMEHe was a paymaster of the 3rd North Carolina Regiment during the American Revolutionary War.
PERSONAL LIFEHe was the child of Jacob and Mary Gray Blount and married Mary Grainger to have son William Grainger Blount.
FUN FACTSPolitician William Blount were born on Wednesday, birthstone is Aquamarine, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of , it is 81 days until William Blount next birthday.
