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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—South CarolinaThomas PINCKNEY
(1750-1828)
PINCKNEY, Thomas, a
Representative from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C.,
October 23, 1750; attended Westminster School, Oxford, England, and
was graduated from Oxford University, England; also attended the
French Military College, Caen, France, for one year; studied law at
the Inner Temple, London; was admitted to the bar in 1774 and
commenced practice in Charleston, S.C.; captain of Engineers, First
Regiment, Continental Army, in 1775; major in the Florida campaign
in 1778; served under Gen. Benjamin Lincoln in 1778 and 1779 and
with Count d’Estaing in 1779; served in the defense of
Charleston; Governor of South Carolina 1787-1789; presided over the
State ratification convention in 1788; member of the State house of
representatives in 1791; United States Minister to Great Britain
from January 12, 1792, to July 28, 1796; also Envoy Extraordinary
to Spain from November 24, 1794, to November 1795 and negotiated
the treaty settling the boundary between the United States and East
and West Florida and between the United States and Louisiana;
elected as a Federalist to the Fifth Congress to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of William L. Smith; reelected to the
Sixth Congress and served from November 23, 1797, to March 3, 1801;
one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in
1798 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against William Blount,
a Senator from Tennessee; resumed the practice of law and also
engaged in agricultural pursuits; appointed major general in the
War of 1812 and served throughout the war; president general of the
Society of the Cincinnati 1825-1828; died in Charleston, S.C.,
November 2, 1828; interment in St. Philip’s Churchyard.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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