Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Pinckney, Charles

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; studied law at the Middle Temple, London, England; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in 1779; member of the State house of representatives 1779-1784, 1786-1789, 1792-1796, 1805, 1806, and 1810-1814; taken prisoner by the British in 1780; Member of the Continental Congress 1784-1787; member of the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787; member of the State constitutional conventions in 1788 and 1790 and served as president; Governor of South Carolina 1789-1792 and 1796-1798; received President Washington on his visit to Charleston in 1791; elected to the State house of representatives in 1798 and qualified on December 6, 1798, when his term as Governor expired; was elected on the same day as a Democrat 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 from June 6, 1801, to November 22, 1804; again served as Governor of South Carolina 1806-1808; elected as a Democrat 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.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Pinckney, Charles," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1683 Original Sources, accessed September 25, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H5TUHQQQKKPKG3E.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Pinckney, Charles." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1683, Original Sources. 25 Sep. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H5TUHQQQKKPKG3E.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Pinckney, Charles' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1683. Original Sources, retrieved 25 September 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H5TUHQQQKKPKG3E.