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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Pinckney-Middleton family of Charleston, South Carolina</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of the much larger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a> group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist. <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Middleton (1717-1784) — of South Carolina. Born near Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1717/index.html">1717</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina</a>, 1774; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a>, 1778. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/06-13.html">June 13, 1784</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">about 66 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms03646">Church of St. James</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Arthur Middleton (1681-1737) and Susan (Amory) Middleton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1741/">1741</a> to Mary Baker Williams; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1762/">1762</a> to Maria Henrietta Bull; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1776/">1776</a> to Lady Mary McKenzie; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#526.58.04">Arthur Middleton (1742-1787)</a>, Henrietta Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#638.85.87">Edward Rutledge</a>) and Sarah Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#959.68.88">Charles Cotesworth Pinckney</a>); uncle of Mary Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler7.html#294.60.30">Pierce Butler</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#064.87.59">Henry Middleton (1770-1846)</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#063.40.58">John Izard Middleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#405.03.32">Williams Middleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#496.84.45">John Middleton Huger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#873.60.45">John Drayton</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#818.20.40">Daniel Elliott Huger Smith</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#165.35.77">Benjamin Huger Rutledge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Henry Middleton (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-names.html">Wilmington, North Carolina</a>; scrapped 1971) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000698">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407682">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Middleton">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/458/03.77.jpg" width=70 height=93 border=0 alt="Henry Laurens"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Laurens (1724-1792) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1724/03-06.html">March 6, 1724</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/vp.html">Vice-President of South Carolina</a>, 1776-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina</a>, 1777-80; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1785. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-philosophical-soc.html">American Philosophical Society</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BE-died.html">Berkeley County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/12-08.html">December 8, 1792</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 277 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BE-buried.html#cms04153">Mepkin Abbey</a>, Moncks Corner, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Jean Samuel Laurens and Esther (Grasset) Laurens; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1750/07-06.html">July 6, 1750</a>, to Eleanor Delamere Ball; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#046.22.07">John Laurens</a>, Martha Laurens (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ramsay-randal.html#581.85.23">David Ramsay</a>) and Mary Eleanor Laurens (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#391.24.68">Charles Pinckney</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#726.31.99">Henry Laurens Pinckney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LR.html">Laurens County, S.C.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000121">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406627">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/916/000049769">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6780566">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: The South in the Building of the Nation (1909)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Pinckney (1732-1782) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Born in Charles Town (now Charleston), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1732/03-07.html">March 7, 1732</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1779-80. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Anglican</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/09-22.html">September 22, 1782</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 199 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms01667">St. Philip's Churchyard</a>, Charleston, S.C.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html# ">Christ Church Cemetery</a>, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Pinckney and Ruth (Brewton) Pinckney; married to Frances Brewton; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#391.24.68">Charles Pinckney (1757-1824)</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#726.31.99">Henry Laurens Pinckney</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#959.68.88">Charles Cotesworth Pinckney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#501.52.65">Thomas Pinckney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel Charles Pinckney">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12549667">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nathaniel Ramsey (1741-1817) — of Maryland. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1741/05-01.html">May 1, 1741</a>. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1785; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland</a>, 1785-87. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/10-23.html">October 23, 1817</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 175 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms01613">Westminster Burying Ground</a>, Baltimore, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Rufus Ramsay and Jane (Montgomery) Ramsay; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ramsay-randal.html#581.85.23">David Ramsay</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000024">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409009">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Arthur Middleton (1742-1787) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BE-born.html">Berkeley County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1742/06-26.html">June 26, 1742</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to South Carolina state constitutional convention</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1778; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1781-82. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1787/01-01.html">January 1, 1787</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 189 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/DO-buried.html#cms05109">Middleton Place Plantation</a>, Dorchester County, S.C.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">Constitution Gardens</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#670.69.30">Henry Middleton (1717-1784)</a> and Mary Baker (Williams) Middleton; brother of Henrietta Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#638.85.87">Edward Rutledge</a>) and Sarah Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#959.68.88">Charles Cotesworth Pinckney</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/08-19.html">August 19, 1764</a>, to Mary Izard; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#064.87.59">Henry Middleton (1770-1846)</a> and Isabella Johannes Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#668.97.80">Daniel Elliott Huger</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#063.40.58">John Izard Middleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#405.03.32">Williams Middleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#496.84.45">John Middleton Huger</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#873.60.45">John Drayton</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#818.20.40">Daniel Elliott Huger Smith</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#165.35.77">Benjamin Huger Rutledge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>; first cousin of Mary Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler7.html#294.60.30">Pierce Butler</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000696">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407680">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur Middleton">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1746/02-25.html">February 25, 1746</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#638.85.87">Edward Rutledge</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1783-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1790-96, 1800-04; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-diplomats.html ">France</a>, 1796-97; received one electoral vote, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp-1796.html">1796</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1800; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1804 (Federalist), 1808. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/08-16.html">August 16, 1825</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 172 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms01873">St. Michael's Church Cemetery</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Pinckney (1699-1758) and Elizabeth (Lucas) Pinckney; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#501.52.65">Thomas Pinckney</a>; married to Sarah Middleton (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#670.69.30">Henry Middleton (1717-1784)</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#526.58.04">Arthur Middleton</a>; aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#064.87.59">Henry Middleton (1770-1846)</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/">1786</a> to Mary Stead; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#760.63.11">Charles Pinckney (1732-1782)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#391.24.68">Charles Pinckney (1757-1824)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#726.31.99">Henry Laurens Pinckney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0207.html">Shippen-Middleton family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PR-names.html">Pinckneyville, Illinois</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nason-nazaire.html#670.13.29">Charles P. H. Nason</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccartney-mccleery.html#231.70.67">Charles Pinckney McCarver</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meagher-meek.html#782.74.29">Cotesworth P. Means</a> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan: "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Cotesworth Pinckney">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/pinckney-charles-cotesworth ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/081/000049931">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: Marvin R. Zahniser, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807810444/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0807810444&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Founding Father</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Ramsay (1749-1815) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1749/04-02.html">April 2, 1749</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">author</a>; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina</a>, 1782-83, 1785-86; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1783-90; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1790-1800. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">mortally wounded</a> by a crazed patient, and died two days later, in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/05-08.html">May 8, 1815</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 36 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms02333">Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Rufus Ramsay and Jane (Montgomery) Ramsay; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ramsay-randal.html#159.50.22">Nathaniel Ramsey</a>; married to Martha Laurens (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#458.03.77">Henry Laurens</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000023">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409005">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David Ramsay (congressman)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21086263">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1750/10-23.html">October 23, 1750</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1776-87, 1789-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1787-89; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-diplomats.html ">Great Britain</a>, 1792-96; received 59 electoral votes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp-1796.html">1796</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a>, 1797-1801 (at-large 1797-99, 1st District 1799-1801); general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/diplo.html ">Florida</a>, 1812-14. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/11-02.html">November 2, 1828</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 10 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms01667">St. Philip's Churchyard</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Pinckney (1699-1758) and Elizabet (Lucas) Pinckney; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#959.68.88">Charles Cotesworth Pinckney</a>; father of Elizabeth Brewton Pinckney (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lowndes.html#647.42.85">William Jones Lowndes</a>); first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#760.63.11">Charles Pinckney (1732-1782)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#391.24.68">Charles Pinckney (1757-1824)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#726.31.99">Henry Laurens Pinckney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000357">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408754">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-pinckney/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/pinckney-thomas ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/080/000049930">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6664724">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Laurens (1754-1782) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1754/10-28.html">October 28, 1754</a>. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1779-80, 1782. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/revolutionary-war.html">Killed</a> in battle, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BR-died.html">Barnwell County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/08-27.html">August 27, 1782</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/27.html">27 years, 303 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BE-buried.html#cms04153">Mepkin Abbey</a>, Moncks Corner, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#458.03.77">Henry Laurens</a> and Eleanor Delamere (Ball) Laurens; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#726.31.99">Henry Laurens Pinckney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/919/000049772">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8087933">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Pinckney (1757-1824) — of Christ Church Parish (now Mt. Pleasant), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1757/10-26.html">October 26, 1757</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina</a>, 1785-87; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Christ Church, 1786-89, 1790-91, 1792-96, 1798; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1789-92, 1796-98, 1806-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Carolina</a>, 1798-1801; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-diplomats.html ">Spain</a>, 1801-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 1st District, 1819-21. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/10-29.html">October 29, 1824</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 3 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms01667">St. Philip's Churchyard</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#760.63.11">Charles Pinckney (1732-1782)</a> and Frances (Brewton) Pinckney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/04-27.html">April 27, 1788</a>, to Mary Eleanor Laurens (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#458.03.77">Henry Laurens</a>); father-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#387.40.68">Robert Young Hayne</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#726.31.99">Henry Laurens Pinckney</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#959.68.88">Charles Cotesworth Pinckney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#501.52.65">Thomas Pinckney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000354">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408751">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-pinckney/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Pinckney (governor)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/pinckney-charles ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/083/000049933">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/4434">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Middleton (1770-1846) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Born in London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1770/09-28.html">September 28, 1770</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1802; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1810; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1810-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 1st District, 1815-19; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-diplomats.html ">Russia</a>, 1820-30. Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/06-14.html">June 14, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 259 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/DO-buried.html#cms05109">Middleton Place Plantation</a>, Dorchester County, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#526.58.04">Arthur Middleton</a> and Mary (Izard) Middleton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/">1794</a> to Mary Helen Hering; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#063.40.58">John Izard Middleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#405.03.32">Williams Middleton</a>; nephew of Henrietta Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#638.85.87">Edward Rutledge</a>) and Sarah Middleton (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#959.68.88">Charles Cotesworth Pinckney</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#496.84.45">John Middleton Huger</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/middleton.html#670.69.30">Henry Middleton (1717-1784)</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#818.20.40">Daniel Elliott Huger Smith</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherfurd-ryall.html#165.35.77">Benjamin Huger Rutledge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#190.80.45">Francis Fisher Kane</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html#873.60.45">John Drayton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000699">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407683">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/henry-middleton/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/middleton-henry ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8799217">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Jones Lowndes (1782-1822) — also known as William Lowndes — of South Carolina. Born in South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/02-11.html">February 11, 1782</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1806-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a>, 1811-22 (4th District 1811-13, 2nd District 1813-22). Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">aboard a ship</a> in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-died.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a> while en route to England, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/10-27.html">October 27, 1822</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 258 days</a>). Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lowndes.html#267.92.16">Rawlins Lowndes</a> and Sarah (Jones) Lowndes; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lowndes.html#902.42.65">Thomas Lowndes</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/">1802</a> to Elizabeth Brewton Pinckney (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#501.52.65">Thomas Pinckney</a>); second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mayall-maynadier.html#371.25.73">Burnet Rhett Maybank</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mayall-maynadier.html#104.12.31">Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr.</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown2.html#133.27.94">Charles Pinckney Brown</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0128.html">DeSaussure-Lowndes-Aiken-Rhett family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Lowndes counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LO.html">Ala.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/LO.html">Ga.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LO.html">Miss.</a> are named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000483">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406971">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22633922">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Arthur Peronneau Hayne (1788-1867) — also known as Arthur P. Hayne — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/03-12.html">March 12, 1788</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1830; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Carolina</a>, 1858; appointed 1858. Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/01-07.html">January 7, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 301 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms01873">St. Michael's Church Cemetery</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#387.40.68">Robert Young Hayne</a>; married to Elizabeth Laura Alston.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000397">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412127">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur P. Hayne">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6914883">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/387/40.68.jpg" width=70 height=112 border=0 alt="Robert Y. Hayne"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Young Hayne (1791-1839) — also known as Robert Y. Hayne — of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Born in South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/11-10.html">November 10, 1791</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1814-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the South Carolina State House of Representatives</a>, 1818; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/attygn.html">South Carolina state attorney general</a>, 1818-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for South Carolina</a>, 1820; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Carolina</a>, 1823-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1832-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/charleston.html">mayor of Charleston, S.C.</a>, 1836-37. Slaveowner. Died in Asheville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/BU-died.html">Buncombe County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/09-24.html">September 24, 1839</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 318 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms01873">St. Michael's Church Cemetery</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#391.24.68">Charles Pinckney</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#432.54.50">Arthur Peronneau Hayne</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000398">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405265">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-young-hayne/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert Y. Hayne">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: The South in the Building of the Nation (1909)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Laurens Pinckney (1794-1863) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/09-24.html">September 24, 1794</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/charleston.html#2">intendant of Charleston, South Carolina</a>, 1829-30, 1831-33; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1832; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a>, 1833-37 (1st District 1833-35, 6th District 1835-37); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/charleston.html">mayor of Charleston, S.C.</a>, 1837-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/SCcc nCH">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1841-42. Slaveowner. Died in Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/02-03.html">February 3, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 132 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-buried.html#cms02333">Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground</a>, Charleston, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#391.24.68">Charles Pinckney (1757-1824)</a> and Mary Eleanor (Laurens) Pinckney; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/">1810</a> to Sabina Elliott Ramsey; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/">1814</a> to Rebecca Pinckney Elliott; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/">1825</a> to Harriet Lee Post; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#046.22.07">John Laurens</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#458.03.77">Henry Laurens</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#760.63.11">Charles Pinckney (1732-1782)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#959.68.88">Charles Cotesworth Pinckney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#501.52.65">Thomas Pinckney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0226.html">Pinckney-Middleton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0131.html">Middleton-Huger-Rutledge-Drayton family</a> of Charleston, South Carolina (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000355">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408752">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry L. 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