List of United States Political Families (P) - The Pinckneys

The Pinckneys

  • Charles Pinckney, Attorney General of South Carolina Colony 1773, South Carolina Colony Assemblyman, Chief Justice of South Carolina Colony 1752-1753. Father of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Thomas Pinckney.
    • Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825), South Carolina State Senator 1779-1804, U.S. Minister to France 1796-1797, candidate for Vice President of the United States 1800, candidate for President of the United States 1804 1808. Son of Charles Pinckney.
    • Thomas Pinckney (1750–1828), Governor of South Carolina 1787-1789, South Carolina State Representative 1791, U.S. Minister to Great Britain 1792-1796, U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1797-1801. Son of Charles Pinckney.
    • Charles Pinckney (1731–1784), member of the South Carolina Provincial Congress. Nephew of Charles Pinckney.
      • Charles Pinckney (1757–1824), Delegate to the Continental Congress from South Carolina 1785-1787, Governor of South Carolina 1789-1792 1796-1798 1806-1808, U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1798-1801, U.S. Minister to Spain 1801-1804, U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1819-1821. Son of Charles Pinckney.
        • Henry L. Pinckney (1794–1863), South Carolina State Representative 1816-1832, Intendant of Charleston, South Carolina 1830-1832; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 1833-1837; Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina 1837-1840; Collector of Port of Charleston, South Carolina 1841-1842. Son of Charles Pinckney.
        • Robert Young Hayne (1791–1839), South Carolina State Representative 1814-1818, Attorney General of South Carolina 1818-1822, U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1823-1832, Governor of South Carolina 1832-1834, Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina 1835-1837. Son-in-law of Charles Pinckney.

NOTE: Charles Pinckney was also son-in-law of Continental Congressional Delegate Henry Laurens. Robert Young Hayne was also brother of U.S. Senator Arthur Peronneau Hayne. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was also son-in-law of Continental Congressional Delegate Henry Middleton.

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