Pinckney, Thomas
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born Oct. 23, 1750, in Charleston, S. C. He was governor of South Carolina from 1787 to 1789; was minister to Great Britain from 1792 to 1794; and in the latter year went on a mission to Spain, where he made the treaty of St. Ildefonso, securing to the United States the free navigation of the Mississippi. In 1796 he returned to Charleston; and was elected a representative in congress from 1799 to 1801. He died Nov. 2, 1828, in Charleston, S. C.