30-562: Pinckney may refer to: People [ edit ] Pinckney (surname) Pinckney (given name) Places in the United States [ edit ] Pinckney, Michigan , a village Pinckney, Missouri , an unincorporated community Pinckney, New York , a town Pinckney State Recreation Area , a protected area in Michigan Ships [ edit ] USS Pinckney ,
60-628: A U.S. Senator and a member of the House of Representatives . He was a first cousin once removed of fellow signer Charles Cotesworth Pinckney . Pinckney's descendants included seven future South Carolina governors, including men related to the Maybank and Rhett families. Pinckney was born and educated in Charles Town in the Province of South Carolina . His father, Colonel Charles Pinckney ,
90-693: A US Navy destroyer See also [ edit ] Castle Pinckney , a US fortification in South Carolina The Community Learning Center at Pinckney , an alternative middle and high school in Carthage, North Carolina Pinckney's Treaty (1795–1796), between Spain and the US All pages with titles containing Pinckney Pinkney (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
120-672: A brother of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Henry L. Pinckney (1794–1863), U.S. Representative from South Carolina John M. Pinckney (1845–1905), U.S. Representative from Texas; his parents were from South Carolina Others [ edit ] Bertine Pinckney (1824–1909), American politician Callan Pinckney (1939–2012), American fitness professional Clementa C. Pinckney (1973–2015), American politician Darryl Pinckney (born 1953), American author and critic Ed Pinckney (born 1963), American basketball player Frank L. Pinckney (1884–1945), American college basketball coach John A. Pinckney (1905–1972), American prelate of
150-557: A draft, known as the Pinckney Plan, that was the basis of the final Constitution. This narrative was strongly disputed by James Madison and some of the other framers. Pinckney submitted an elaborate form of the Virginia Plan , proposed first by Edmund Randolph ; other delegates disregarded it. Historians assess him as an important contributing delegate. Pinckney boasted that he was 24, allowing him to claim distinction as
180-658: A house and garden lot on Meeting Street, Charleston; Wright's Savannah plantation on the Carolina side of the Savannah River ; and a tract of land on the Santee River above the canal, including a ferry, called Mount Tacitus. After Pinckney married Eleanor Laurens in 1788, the elegant three-story brick home at 16 Meeting Street in Charleston presumably became his principal residence. In the 1790 federal census, he
210-667: A qualification to any office or public trust under the United States Once the phrase was included in a vote, it passed with little opposition. For the first time, an official of a national government was not required to have a religion. Pinckney is also responsible for the inclusion of the writ of habeas corpus into the Constitution. Initially introduced as "Nor shall the privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus ever be suspended, except in case of rebellion or invasion", it
240-657: A townhouse in Charleston in addition to Snee Farm: Frankville and Hopton, situated on both sides of the Congaree River , near Columbia ; a plantation in Georgetown consisting of 560 acres of tidal swamp and 600 acres of high land; a tract of 1,200 acres called Lynches Creek; Fee Farm on the Ashepoo River ; Shell Hall, a house with four acres of land at Haddrell's Point in Christ Church Parish;
270-500: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Charles Pinckney (governor) Charles Pinckney Jr. (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. He also served as
300-642: Is now a part of Article 1 of the United States Constitution . Pinckney's political career blossomed. From 1789 to 1792, the state legislature elected him as governor of South Carolina, and in 1790 he chaired the state constitutional convention. During this period, he became associated with the Federalist Party , where he and his cousin Charles Cotesworth Pinckney were leaders. But, with the passage of time,
330-648: Is recorded as enslaving "14 slaves in St. Philip's and St. Michael's Parish, 52 slaves in St. Bartholomew, and 45 slaves in the Orangeburg District," all in addition to Snee Farm, where his father's probate record had listed 40 enslaved people in 1787. Pinckney's role in the Constitutional Convention is controversial. Although one of the youngest delegates, he later claimed to have been the most influential one and contended he had submitted
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#1732772947931360-423: The surname Pinckney . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pinckney_(surname)&oldid=1056031393 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
390-656: The Episcopal Church Josephine Pinckney (1895–1957), American novelist and poet Michael Pinckney (born 1998), American football player Scott Pinckney (born 1989), American professional golfer St. Clair Pinckney (1930–1999), American saxophonist Violet Pinckney (1871–1955), English tennis player See also [ edit ] Charles Pinckney (disambiguation) Governor Pinckney (disambiguation) Senator Pinckney (disambiguation) Pinckney (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
420-626: The Governor Charles Pinckney Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825), Revolutionary War general and Federalist Party presidential candidate Charles Pinckney (governor) (1757–1824), drafter of the United States Constitution, father of Henry Laurens Pinckney, and second cousin of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722–1793), South Carolina planter Thomas Pinckney (1750–1828), South Carolina governor, ambassador to Britain, diplomat who arranged Pinckney's Treaty , and
450-633: The Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due. This clause was first applied to fugitive slaves and required that they be extradited upon enslavers' claims. Despite the clause, free states sometimes declined to enforce it. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 increased requirements on
480-592: The daughter of South Carolina Governor John Rutledge . Pinckney was elected as a delegate to the Third Continental Congress (1777–78). Pinckney started to practice law in Charleston in 1779 at age 21. About that time, well after the War for Independence had begun, Pinckney enlisted in the militia. Pinckney became a lieutenant and served at the siege of Savannah . When Charleston fell to the British
510-402: The following year, Pinckney was captured; he was held as a prisoner until June 1781 and sent north for a potential exchange. Pinckney did not return to Charleston until 1783. The British also captured Pinckney's father. Pinckney and more than 160 men signed oaths of allegiance to the British to avoid having property confiscated. After the war, Pinckney was fined 12% on his property for having sworn
540-597: The former's views began to change. In 1795 he attacked the Federalist-backed Jay Treaty . He increasingly began casting his lot with Carolina back-country Democratic-Republicans against his eastern elite. The population in the western part of the state was increasing, but legislative apportionment favored the Low Country planters. In 1796 Pinckney was elected governor again by the state legislature. In 1798 his Democratic-Republican supporters in
570-621: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up Pinckney in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pinckney is an English surname . Notable people with the surname include: Pinckney political family of South Carolina [ edit ] Charles Pinckney (South Carolina chief justice) (1699–1758), South Carolina politician, father of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Thomas Pinckney, and uncle of Colonel Charles Pinckney Colonel Charles Pinckney (1731–1782), South Carolina politician, British Loyalist during Revolutionary War, father of
600-695: The last time from politics. Pinckney died in 1824. A memorial was erected in St. Michael's Church in Charleston, South Carolina . The memorial was sculpted by Solomon Gibson (younger brother of John Gibson ) in Liverpool in Great Britain . Pinckney's Snee Farm plantation is maintained as Charles Pinckney National Historic Site . The nearby Charles Pinckney Elementary School in Mount Pleasant
630-555: The legislature elected him to the U.S. Senate. Pinckney strongly opposed the actions of his former party. In the presidential election of 1800 , Pinckney served as Thomas Jefferson 's campaign manager in South Carolina. The victorious Jefferson appointed Pinckney as minister to Spain (1801–05). Pinckney tried but failed to gain Spanish Florida cession to the United States. Pinckney facilitated Spanish acquiescence in
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#1732772947931660-496: The legislature from 1810 to 1814 and then temporarily withdrew from politics. In 1818, he won the U.S. House of Representatives election, where he fought against the Missouri Compromise . A major enslaver whose wealth depended on enslaved labor at his plantations, Pinckney supported an expansion of the institution of slavery to new territories and states. In 1821, with his health beginning to fail, Pinckney retired for
690-657: The oath of allegiance. Pinckney was elected again to the Continental Congress following the war, serving from 1784 to 1787. He was also elected to the state legislature for several terms (1779–1780, 1786–1789, and 1792–1796). As a nationalist, he worked in Congress to ensure that the United States would receive navigation rights from Spain to the Mississippi River and to strengthen congressional power. Pinckney eventually owned several plantations and
720-598: The senior Pinckney bequeathed Snee Farm , a plantation outside the city, and the enslavement of numerous people, to his eldest son Charles. Busy with the war and his political career, Pinckney did not marry until 1788. He married Mary Eleanor Laurens on April 27, 1788, at Saint Philip's Church in Charleston. Mary was the daughter of Henry Laurens , a wealthy and politically powerful South Carolina slave trader. They had at least three children. Among his in-laws were father-in-law Henry Laurens, Colonel John Laurens , and U.S. Representative David Ramsay . A brother-in-law married
750-581: The states and penalties for failure to assist in re-enslavement. This practice was not eliminated until the Thirteenth Amendment abolished the institution of slavery . In 1864, during the Civil War , an effort to repeal this clause of the Constitution had failed. Pinckney introduced a clause in the Constitution opposing an established state religion. His No Religious Test Clause read as follows: no religious test shall ever be required as
780-507: The title Pinckney . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pinckney&oldid=1146465521 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pinckney (surname) From Misplaced Pages,
810-638: The transfer of Louisiana from France to the United States in 1803 by the Louisiana Purchase . (Spain had already returned rule of this territory to France under Napoleon .) Pinckney returned from Spain to Charleston and the leadership of the state Democratic-Republican Party. Pinckney served in the legislature in 1805–06 and was elected again as governor (1806–08). In this position, he favored legislative reapportionment to give more fair representation to back-country districts. Pinckney also advocated universal white manhood suffrage. He served again in
840-624: The youngest delegate, but he was 29 years old at the time of the convention. He attended full-time, spoke often and effectively, contributed to the final draft, and resolved problems that arose during the debates. He also worked to ratify the Constitution in South Carolina (1788). At the Convention, Pierce Butler and Pinckney, both from South Carolina, introduced the Fugitive Slave Clause (Article IV, Section II, Clause III). James Wilson of Pennsylvania objected, saying that it
870-491: Was a wealthy lawyer and planter. His mother was Frances Brewton (b. 1733), daughter of a goldsmith and sister of Miles Brewton and Rebecca Brewton Motte , who were both also prominent in Charleston history. His father had signed a loyalty oath to the British after they occupied Charleston in 1780 during the American Revolutionary War . This oath enabled him to keep his property. On his death in 1782,
900-451: Was special protection for enslavers, requiring all state governments to enforce it at taxpayers' expense, in places where no one or most residents did not enslave people. Butler withdrew the clause, but the next day, a Southerner reinstated it, and the convention adopted it without further objection. This clause was added to the clause that provided extradition for fugitives from justice. No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under
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