Henry
Laurens Pinckney (1794-1863)
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Birthplace
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Charleston, S.C. |
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Occupation
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Lawyer |
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House 1833-37 (Nu-South
Carolina) |
Newspaper
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Charleston
Mercury, 1819-33 (R?, D, Nu) |
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Federal
appointments
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Collector
of Charleston, 1841-42 (Tyler) |
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Other offices
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S.C.
House of Representatives, 1816-32 |
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Intendant
of Charleston, 1830-32 |
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Mayor
of Charleston, 1837-40 |
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Tax
collector, St. Michael's and St. Philip's Parishes, 1845-63 |
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Notes
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Graduate
of South Carolina College (now University of South Carolina), 1812 |
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Son
of Charles
Pinckney, not to be confused with Charles
Cotesworth Pinckney, the Federalist presidential candidate. |
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One
of the leading spokesmen for South Carolina's
"nullification" movement. |
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Applying
the lessons he learned about press "freedom" in the
South, Pinckney introduced the first of the "gag"
resolutions forbidding the discussion of slavery on the floor of
Congress (specifically in the form of anti-slavery petitions). |
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