Background
Pinckney, Henry Laurens was born on September 24, 1794 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Charles and Mary Eleanor (Laurens) Pinckney.
Pinckney, Henry Laurens was born on September 24, 1794 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Charles and Mary Eleanor (Laurens) Pinckney.
Graduate South Carolina.Coll. (now United States.C.), 1812. Studied law.
Admitted to South Carolina. bar, 1813. Member South Carolina. House of Representatives, 1816-1832.
Founder Charleston Mercury, 1819, editor, 1819-1834. Member United States House of Representatives (Democrat) from South Carolina., 23d-24th congresses, 1833-1837. Mayor Charleston, 1829, 31-32, 37-40, converted College of Charleston into 1st municipal college in the United States, 1837.
Collector Port of Charleston, 1841-1842. Tax collector St. Philip’s and St. Michael’s parishes, Charleston, 1845-1863.
Member South Carolina. House of Representatives, 1816-1832. Member United States House of Representatives (Democrat) from South Carolina., 23d-24th congresses, 1833-1837.
Married Rebecca Elliot. Married second, Sabina Ramsay.