Who was William Blount? (March 26, 1749 – March 21, 1800)

William Blount (March 26, 1749 – March 21, 1800), American political leader, born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. He was a member of the Continental Congress (1782-1783, 1786-1787) and of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. In 1790 George Washington appointed him governor of The Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio. Soon afterward, Blount founded the city of Knoxville (in present-day Tennessee).

When Tennessee was admitted to the Union in 1796, William Blount represented the new state in the U.S. Senate. In July 1797 his involvement in a conspiracy to seize New Orleans and the Floridas from the Spanish on behalf of Great Britain (then at war with Spain) was discovered. He was summarily expelled from the Senate on a charge of “high misdemeanor entirely inconsistent with his public trust and duty.” The pro-British scheme, known as Blount’s Conspiracy, caused much excitement at the time.

His impeachment did not reach the Senate for trial until 1799, when it was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, Blount not then being a member. Soon after his expulsion from Congress, he was elected to the state senate of Tennessee, over which he later presided.

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William Blount (March 26, 1749 – March 21, 1800), American political leader, born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. He was a member of the Continental Congress (1782-1783, 1786-1787) and of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. In 1790 George Washington appointed him governor of The Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio. Soon afterward, Blount founded the city of Knoxville (in present-day Tennessee).

When Tennessee was admitted to the Union in 1796, William Blount represented the new state in the U.S. Senate. In July 1797 his involvement in a conspiracy to seize New Orleans and the Floridas from the Spanish on behalf of Great Britain (then at war with Spain) was discovered. He was summarily expelled from the Senate on a charge of “high misdemeanor entirely inconsistent with his public trust and duty.” The pro-British scheme, known as Blount’s Conspiracy, caused much excitement at the time.

His impeachment did not reach the Senate for trial until 1799, when it was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, Blount not then being a member. Soon after his expulsion from Congress, he was elected to the state senate of Tennessee, over which he later presided.

you may also like to read about: Lal Bahadur Rajwar, Danda Singh, Santa Bahadur, and listen to popular Hindi music of the best singers, and watch movies based on love stories do you also want to play games on iOS,  after you get tired and sleepy you can listen and watch to the healing mediation music for deep sleep and relaxation videos in Rajawar mediation music and videos of chicks, hen, dog, and chicken friendship. after visiting natural places on the screen you can take pictures and reduce their size by using the Image Compressor tool the best tool available online to compress images, age calculator, English to Nepali, generate fancy text or fancy text generator to make your text look unique can attract your friends. you can capture the image file and convert them from PNG to JPEG converter online and also image to webp for the smaller size. to share these pictures online you have to use WhatsApp messaging service by downloading WhatsApp software. you can use typing master online to speed up your typing skills. you can convert unit from the unit converter. you can also download youtube thumbnails from a youtube thumbnail downloader. you can look at the Nepali calendar for celebration or festival dates. you can also recover your old photos and videos through CD DVD Recovery Toolbox Software for free and you can share them by posting them to your blogs and websites hosted on the best web hosting platforms or service providers in the world.

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