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William C. C. Claiborne - Wikipedia  William Charles Cole Claiborne (c.1773-75  23 November 1817) was a United States ... He won the first election for Louisiana's state Governor and served through 1816, ... From 1803-1804, he offered a two-thousand dollar reward, to eliminate, once and for ... The World War II Camp Claiborne was named for him in 1939.
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William Trent (Trenton) - Wikipedia  William Trent (c. 1653  December 25, 1724) was a prominent trader and merchant in Pennsylvania and New Jersey around the ... Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. In office ... After Trenton was designated as the state capital, the Trent House was used as the governor's mansion for many years. William Trent...
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