PIN'CKNEY
PINCKNEY
by the committee, some of its provisions being
used, and he signed the constitution when
draft*>d. He was a delegate to, and president
of. the Soutli Carolina convention in 178s, where
he strongly advised the ratification of the Federal
constitution. He was governor of South Caro-
lina, 1789-92 and 1790-98; and U.S. senator,
1798-1802, completing the
term of John Hunter, re-
signed, and being re-elected
for a full term to expire
March 3, 1803, but resigning
in 1801, Thomas Sumter com-
pleting his term. He was
U.S. minister to Spain 1802-
05. and during his residence in Spain negotiated a
release of all tiie Spanisli titles to lands purchased
from France by the United States. He was again
governor of South Carolina, 1806-08; representa-
tive in the state legislature, 1810 and 1812; sup-
ported the war of 1812, and was a representative in
the 16th congress, 1819-21, where he vigorously op-
posed the Missouri compromise. He is the author
of a .series of political addresses under the signa-
ture " Republican" (1800), and published several
papers denouncing the alien and sedition laws.
The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on
him by the College of New Jersey in 1787. He
died in Charleston. S.C. Oct. 29. 1824.
PINCKNEY, Charles Cotesworth, statesman, was born in Charleston, S.C, Feb. 25, 1746; son of Judge Charles and Eliza (Lucas) Pinckney, He attended Westminster school, Eng., in 1753. and was graduated from Christ church, Oxford, studied law at the Middle Temple and attended the Royal Militar}' acad- emy, Caen, France, until 1769, when he returned to Charles- ton, S.C. He was married to a sister Arthur Middleton, (q.v.) He was attor- ney-general; a dele- gate to the first pro- vincial congress in 1775; joined the pa- triot army a>< captain of infantry, and was pro- moted major in December, 1775. He was pre- sent at the defence of Fort Sullivan, June 28, 1776; wa-s promoted colonel, Sept. 16, 1770, and was appointed aide-de-camp to General Washing- ton, taking part in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and in the expedition to Florida in 1778. He was a member of the South Carolina fenate in January, 1779, was engaged in the
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defence of Charleston; commanded the second
column in the assault on Savannah and com-
manded Fort Moultrie in the attack on Charles-
ton, in April, 1780. When the city was surrend-
ered in May, 1780, he was taken prisoner and was
confined for two years. On his exchange, in
1782, he rejoined the army, was commissioned
brigadier-general in 1783, and returned to the
practice of law in Cliarleston. He was a member
of the constitutional convention of 1787, and of
the state convention that ratified the constitu-
tion in 1790, He declined the portfolios of war
and state, and in 1796 was appointed U.S. minister
to France, but was refused recognition by the
French directory and requested to withdraw. It
was while on this mission that he made the
famous remark, " millions for defence, but not
one cent for tribute." On his return to the
United States he was -' commissioned major-
general. He was the Federalist candidate for
vice-president of the United States in 1800. and
for president in 1804 and 1808, and was first pre-
sident of the board of trustees of South Carolina
college; president of the Charleston Bible society,
and third president-general of the Society of the
Cincinnati. His name in Class M, Rulers and
Statesmen, received four votes for a place in the
Hall of Fame for Great Americans, New Y'ork
university, October, 1900. He died in Charles-
ton, S.C, Aug. 16, 1825.
PINCKNEY, Charles Cotesworth, clergyman, was born in Charleston, S.C, July 31, 1812; son of Charles Cotesworth and Caroline (Elliott) Pinckney; grandson of Maj.-Gen. Thomas (q.v.) and Elizabeth (Motte) Pinckney. and of William and Phoebe (Waight) Elliott. He was graduated valedictorian from the College of Charleston, A.B.. 1831, A.M., 1834; from the Virginia theolog- ical seminary, Alexandria, and was admitted to the diaconate Feb. 15, 1835, and advanced to the priesthood, Oct. 28, 1836. He was rector of St. James's, Santee, and Christ church, Greenville, 1835-45; assistant at Grace church, Charleston, 1850-54. and rector 1854-98. In 1899 a tablet was erected in Grace church to his memory. He was a member of the board of trustees of the College of Charleston, his term expiring, 1900, and he re- ceived the degree of LL.D. from that institution in 1870. He was president of the Historical Society of South Carolina, and of the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of South Carolina. He die.l at Flat Rock, N.C, Aug. 12, 1898.
PINCKNEY, Thomas, soldier and diplomatist, was born in Charleston, S.C, Oct. 23, 1750; son of Chief- Justice Charles and Eliza (Lucas) Pinck- ney, and grandson of Thomas and Mary (Cotes- worth) Pinckney, and of Col. George and Anne Lucas, and a descendant of Thomas Pinckney, who came to Charleston, S,C, April, 1692. He
