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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (February 25, 1746 – August 16, 1825) was an American statesman, military officer and Founding Father who served as United States Minister to France from 1796 to 1797. A delegate to the Constitutional Convention where he signed the Constitution of the United States , Pinckney was twice nominated by the ...
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Charleston, 25 febbraio 1746 – Charleston, 16 agosto 1825) è stato un politico, generale e diplomatico statunitense. Prese parte alla guerra d'indipendenza americana e alla convenzione di Filadelfia che elaborò la costituzione degli Stati Uniti
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (born Feb. 25, 1746, Charleston, S.C. [U.S.]—died Aug. 16, 1825, Charleston) was an American soldier, statesman, and diplomat who participated in the XYZ Affair, an unsavory diplomatic incident with France in 1798.
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Charles Pinckney (born Oct. 26, 1757, Charleston, S.C. [U.S.]—died Oct. 29, 1824, Charleston, S.C., U.S.) 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. During the American Revolution ...
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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, born to a prominent family of South Carolina's Lowcountry, had a long career as a politician and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was also a signer of the US Constitution and twice put forward as the Federalist candidate for the presidency, losing to Presidents Thomas Jefferson and ...
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was a leading South Carolina lawyer, military figure, and statesman, whose wealth stemmed from the labor of those he enslaved on his rice plantations. Educated in England, he was an active participant in the colonial government and served in the royal militia before siding with the rebels and becoming a captain in ...
Uomo politico americano, cugino del precedente, nato a Charleston il 25 febbraio 1746, ivi morto il 16 agosto 1825. Dopo aver studiato in Inghilterra e in Francia, tornato in patria si dedicò alla vita politica, e prese parte alla guerra d'indipendenza, nel 1780, cadendo prigioniero nella presa di Charleston.
