Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Former United States Ambassador to France
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was an American statesman, military officer and Founding Father who served as United States Minister to France from 1796 to 1797. Wikipedia
Born: February 25, 1746, Charleston, SC
Died: August 16, 1825 (age 79 years), Charleston, SC
Education: University of Oxford, Christ Church, and Westminster School
Parents: Eliza Lucas Pinckney and Charles Pinckney
Party: Federalist Party
Grandparents: George Lucas and Ann Lucas
Nephews: Thomas Pinckney, Jr and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
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An advocate of a stronger federal government, Pinckney served as a delegate to the 1787 Philadelphia Convention, which wrote a new federal constitution.
His political career began in 1769, when he was elected to the provincial assembly. In 1773 he acted as attorney general for several towns in the colony. By ...
Mar 17, 2021 · A Federalist, Pinckney was a leading figure in South Carolina's ratification of the new federal Constitution in 1788. He later drafted his ...
Forgotten Founder. While he did not sign the Declaration of Independence, Charles Pinckney signed the United States Constitution. Pinckney was born in ...
Mar 13, 2024 · Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was an American soldier, statesman, and diplomat who participated in the XYZ Affair, an unsavory diplomatic ...
Pinckney was one of the ranking officers in the prison camp established by Clinton on Haddrell's Point in Charleston Harbor. There he played a key role in ...
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was born on October 26, 1746 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was a Representative in the South Carolina General Assembly in ...
Jan 13, 2024 · Portrait of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Signer of the US Constitution. Revolutionary War veteran and statesman ...
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, the eldest child of Charles Pinckney (1699–1758) and Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722–1793), was born in South Carolina, educated at ...
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