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Senate Years of Service: 1798-1801 Party: Democratic Republican
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PINCKNEY, Charles, (father of Henry Laurens Pinckney),
a Delegate, a Senator and a Representative from South Carolina; born
in Charles Town (now Charleston), S.C., October 26, 1757; pursued classical
studies; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in 1779; member of the
State house of representatives 1779-1780, 1786-1789, 1792-1796, 1805, 1806,
1810-1814; fought in the Revolutionary War and was taken prisoner by the
British in 1780; Member of the Continental Congress 1785-1787; delegate to the
Federal Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and one of the
signers of the Constitution; member of the State constitutional conventions in
1788 and 1790 and served as president; Governor of South Carolina 1789-1792,
and 1796-1798; was elected in 1798 as a Democratic Republican to the United
States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Hunter and
also for the full term expiring March 3, 1805, and served from December 6,
1798, until his resignation in 1801; Minister to Spain 1801-1804; again served
in the State general assembly and as Governor of South Carolina 1806-1808;
elected to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821); resumed the
practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Charleston,
S.C., October 29, 1824; interment in St. Philip's Churchyard.
BibliographyDictionary of American Biography; Bethea,
Andrew.
The Contribution of Charles Pinckney to the Formation of the American
Union. Richmond: Garrett & Massie, Inc., 1937; Matthews, Marty D.
Forgotten Founder: The Life and Times of Charles Pinckney.
Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2004.
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