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Charles Pinckney (August 13, 1699 – July 12, 1758) was a South Carolina politician and colonial agent. He was also the father of two candidates for Vice-President and President.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Charles Pinckney worked tirelessly for South Carolina. He was the first governor to advocate free schools. He supported legislative reapportionment to provide better representation to the upcountry districts and advocated for universal white male suffrage.
20 de jun. de 2016 · Pinckney was elected governor in 1789 and became the first to serve at the new capital of Columbia, basing his political operations from his plantation Greenwich, on the Congaree River just south of town. He also presided over the state constitutional convention of 1790.
20 de jun. de 2016 · Over the next several years Pinckney rejected President Washington’s numerous offers to serve in federal office– commander of the army, as associate justice of the Supreme Court, as secretary of war, and as secretary of state–explaining that he needed to remain at home to restore his fortune.
- Keith Krawczynski
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.
Title Officer, Senator, Governor, Delegate. War & Affiliation Revolutionary War / American. Date of Birth - Death October 26, 1757 - October 29, 1824. Charles Pinckney was born in Charleston, South Carolina on October 26, 1757. His father bore the same name and was a wealthy lawyer and planter.
