Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was an American Founding Father, Revolutionary War officer, and Federalist statesman who served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and twice ran unsuccessfully for U.S. president.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
Founding Father of the United States ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
advocatedFor ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
appointedBy George Washington ⓘ
birthDate 1746-02-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Charleston, Province of South Carolina, British America ⓘ
burialPlace St. Michael's Churchyard, Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
candidateInElection United States presidential election, 1804 ⓘ
United States presidential election, 1808 ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1825-08-16 ⓘ
deathPlace Charleston, South Carolina, United States ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Middle Temple ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
familyName Pinckney ⓘ
father Charles Pinckney (chief justice) ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
memberOf Federalist Party ⓘ
linked to: Federalists

Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ
militaryBranch Continental Army ⓘ
militaryRank colonel ⓘ
mother Eliza Lucas Pinckney ⓘ
nominatedFor President of the United States ⓘ
notableFor refusal of French bribe demand during XYZ Affair ⓘ
notableWork contributions to the framing of the United States Constitution ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participantIn Constitutional Convention (1787) ⓘ
XYZ Affair ⓘ
politicalAlignment strong supporter of a powerful federal government ⓘ
positionHeld United States Minister to France ⓘ
delegate to the Constitutional Convention of the United States ⓘ
member of the South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
member of the South Carolina Senate ⓘ
represented South Carolina ⓘ
residence Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
runningMate Rufus King ⓘ
sibling Thomas Pinckney ⓘ
signatoryTo United States Constitution ⓘ
spouse Mary Stead ⓘ
Sarah Middleton ⓘ

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Charles Pinckney → relative → Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ⓘ
XYZ Affair → involves → American envoy Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ⓘ
linked to: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Presidency of James Madison → electionOpponent → Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ⓘ
Thomas Pinckney → sibling → Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ⓘ
Castle Pinckney → namedAfter → Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ⓘ
United States presidential election of 1808 → mainOpponent → Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ⓘ
United States presidential election of 1808 → otherCandidate → Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ⓘ
Migration or Importation Clause → debatedBy → Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ⓘ
Pinckney family → hasNotableMember → Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ⓘ
United States presidential election, 1804 → loser → Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ⓘ
Eliza Lucas Pinckney → child → Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ⓘ
Eliza Lucas Pinckney → parentOfNotableFigure → Founding Father Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ⓘ
linked to: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Sarah Middleton → spouse → Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ⓘ
Mary Stead → spouse → Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ⓘ