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About Charles Pinckney
Charles Pinckney Jr. was an American Founding Father, planter, and politician who was a signer of the United States Constitution. He was elected and served as the 37th governor of South Carolina, later serving two more non-consecutive terms. He also served as a U.S. Senator and a member of the House of Representatives. He was a first cousin once removed of fellow signer Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Pinckney's descendants included seven future South Carolina governors, including men related to the Maybank and Rhett families.
Everything about Charles Pinckney →- Occupation
- politician, diplomat, lawyer, governor
- Position held
- United States representative, Governor of South Carolina, United States Ambassador to Spain, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 26, 1757
- Died
- October 29, 1824