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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.

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

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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