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 ===== William Charles Cole Claiborne =====
+• U.S. Representative from Tennessee: Served from 1797 to 1801.
+• Governor of the Mississippi Territory: Appointed by President Thomas Jefferson from 1801 to 1803.
+• Territorial Governor of Orleans: Served from 1803 to 1812 after helping oversee the transfer of the Louisiana Purchase from France to the United States.
+• First Governor of Louisiana: Served from April 30, 1812, to December 16, 1816, following Louisiana's admission to the Union.
+• U.S. Senator from Louisiana: Elected to the Senate in 1817, serving for a brief period until his death on November 23, 1817.