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American politician
Henry L. Pinckney
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In office
September 4, 1837 ? September 7, 1840
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Preceded by
| Robert Young Hayne
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Succeeded by
| Jacob F. Mintzing
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In office
September 5, 1831 ? September 2, 1833
as
Intendant
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Preceded by
| James R. Pringle
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Succeeded by
| Edward W. North
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In office
September 7, 1829 ? September 6, 1830
as Intendant
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Preceded by
| John Gadsden
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Succeeded by
| James R. Pringle
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In office
March 4, 1833 ? March 3, 1837
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Preceded by
| William Drayton
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Succeeded by
| Hugh S. Legare
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In office
November 22, 1830 ? March 4, 1833
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Governor
| James Hamilton Jr.
Robert Young Hayne
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Preceded by
| Benjamin Faneuil Dunkin
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Succeeded by
| Patrick Noble
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In office
November 22, 1830 ? March 4, 1833
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In office
November 25, 1816 ? January 30, 1828
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Born
| Henry Laurens Pinckney
(
1794-09-24
)
September 24, 1794
Charleston, South Carolina
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United States
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Died
| February 3, 1863
(1863-02-03)
(aged 68)
Charleston, South Carolina
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Confederate States
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Political party
| Nullifier
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Spouse
| Harriet Lee Post
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Alma mater
| South Carolina College
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Profession
| journalist
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politician
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Henry Laurens Pinckney
(September 24, 1794 – February 3, 1863) was a
U.S. Representative
from
South Carolina
, and the son of
Charles Pinckney
and Mary Eleanor Laurens.
Born in
Charleston, South Carolina
, Pinckney attended private schools. He graduated from South Carolina College (now the
University of South Carolina
) at
Columbia
in 1812. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Charleston.
Pinckney served as a member of the
South Carolina House of Representatives
(1816?1832). He founded the
Charleston Mercury
in 1819 and was its sole editor for fifteen years. Between 1829 and 1840, he served six terms as intendant or mayor of Charleston.
[1]
In 1838, he won among a field of four candidates with the following votes: Pinckney (600), Col. James Lynah (575), Dr. Joseph Johnston (203), and Dr. J.W. Schmidt (141).
[2]
Pinckney was elected as a
Nullifier
to the
Twenty-third
and
Twenty-fourth
Congresses (March 4, 1833 ? March 3, 1837). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1836, having been labelled a "traitor" by ultra-conservative Southerners for compromising with New York's
Martin van Buren
on the 1836 "
gag-rule
" bill.
[3]
Pinckney served as collector of the port of Charleston in 1841 and 1842 and as the tax collector of St. Philip's and St. Michael's parishes (1845?1863).
Pinckney married Harriet Lee Post, the daughter of
Chaplain of the Senate
Reuben Post
and Harriet Moffitt, a granddaughter of
Richard Henry Lee
. He died in
Charleston, South Carolina
on February 3, 1863 (during the time when South Carolina had seceded and joined the
Confederate States
) and was buried in the Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground.
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