Charles Pinckney

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Charles Pinckney was an American Founding Father, influential South Carolina politician, and early advocate of a strong federal government who played a key role in shaping the United States Constitution.

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Charles Pinckney Sr. 1
Pinckney 1

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instanceOf American politician
Founding Father of the United States
human
lawyer
planter
birthDate 1757-10-26
birthPlace Charleston
surface form: Charleston, South Carolina
conflict American Revolutionary War
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
United States of America
deathDate 1824-10-29
deathPlace Charleston
surface form: Charleston, South Carolina
educatedAt privately educated in South Carolina
familyName Charles Pinckney self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pinckney
father Charles Pinckney self-linksurface differs
surface form: Charles Pinckney Sr.
fullName Charles Pinckney self-link
givenName Charles
hasHeritageSite Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
heldOfficeEnd Governor of South Carolina 1792
Governor of South Carolina 1798
Governor of South Carolina 1808
heldOfficeStart Governor of South Carolina 1789
Governor of South Carolina 1796
Governor of South Carolina 1806
ideology support for strong central government
knownFor advocacy of a strong federal government
contributions to the United States Constitution
service as Governor of South Carolina
memberOf Democratic-Republican Party
Constitutional Convention
surface form: United States Constitutional Convention
militaryService South Carolina militia
mother Frances Brewton Pinckney
notableWork Pinckney Plan
occupation lawyer
planter
politician
participatedIn Constitutional Convention
surface form: Constitutional Convention (1787)
partyAffiliation Democratic-Republican Party
positionHeld Governor of South Carolina
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina
Minister to Spain
President of the South Carolina Senate
United States Senator
surface form: United States Senator from South Carolina
previousPartyAffiliation Federalists
surface form: Federalist Party
relative Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Thomas Pinckney
residence Charleston
surface form: Charleston, South Carolina
spouse Mary Eleanor Laurens

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Charles Pinckney familyName Charles Pinckney self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pinckney
Charles Pinckney father Charles Pinckney self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Charles Pinckney Sr.
Charles Pinckney fullName Charles Pinckney self-link