Rufus King
Search results
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (February 25, 1746 – August 16, 1825) was an American statesman, military officer and Founding Father who served as United States Minister to France from 1796 to 1797.
Aug 12, 2024 · Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was an American soldier, statesman, and diplomat who participated in the XYZ Affair, an unsavory diplomatic incident with France in 1798. Pinckney entered public service in 1769 as a member of the South Carolina Assembly. He served in the first South Carolina Provincial.
Jun 20, 2016 · In 1798 President Adams, anticipating war with France, appointed Pinckney commander of the southern department of the United States Army. He was discharged from military service in 1800. Pinckney returned to politics in the election of 1800 as the Federalist Party’s vice-presidential candidate.
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, American statesman, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1746. The son of Charles Pinckney (d. 1758), by his remarkable second wife, Eliza Lucas (1722 – 93), who was responsible for expanding the production and export of Indigo in the colonies.
Charles Pinckney was an American Founding Father, political leader, and diplomat whose proposals for a new government—called the Pinckney plan—were largely incorporated into the federal Constitution drawn up in 1787.
Dec 19, 2018 · Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, South Carolina. The eldest son of a politically prominent planter and a remarkable mother who introduced and promoted indigo culture in South Carolina, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was born in 1746 at Charleston.
Charles Pinckney (October 26, 1757 – October 29, 1824) 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.
May 23, 2018 · Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1745-1825), American statesman, was a patriot leader and an emissary to France. He was twice the Federalist nominee for president. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was born on Feb. 14, 1745, in Charleston, S.C.
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, born to a prominent family of South Carolina's Lowcountry, had a long career as a politician and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was a leading South Carolina lawyer, military figure, and statesman, whose wealth stemmed from the labor of those he enslaved on his rice plantations.
