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3 unusual facts about Willie Blount


Willie Blount

In 1827, Blount ran for governor against Congressman Sam Houston and ex-Congressman Newton Cannon (the incumbent, William Carroll, was term-limited), but placed a distant third, winning just 1,784 votes to 44,243 for Houston and 32,929 for Cannon.

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Willie Blount was the great-great grandfather of Harry Hill McAlister, who served as Governor of Tennessee in the 1930s.

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These were divided into two divisions led by Jackson and John Cocke, and ordered south to suppress the hostile Creek tribes.



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