Charles Pinckney Timeline | Forgotten Founder

1757

Born in Charleston, SC

1780

Captured during siege of Charleston

1781 

Freed

1784-1786

Delegate to Federal Constitutional Congress

1788

Married to Mary Eleanor Laurens

1789-1791

Governor of South Carolina

1791-1792

Governor of South Carolina

1794

Son born, Henry Laurens Pinckney

1796-1798

Governor of South Carolina

1798-1801

U.S. Senator

1802-1804

U.S. Minister to Spain (ambassador)

1806-1808

Governor of South Carolina

1810-1814

State House of Representatives

1819

U.S. House of Representatives

1824

Died in Charleston