Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Born Charles Town (now Charleston), South Carolina Charles Cotesworth Pinckney was a leading South Carolina lawyer, ...

George Washington was a tad frustrated. In 1796, the president asked Charleston native Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to serve as his minister to France, an important position given the ongoing ...

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney offered what seemed like a simple austerity measure at the Constitutional Convention of 1787: U.S. senators could serve without pay. The South Carolinian’s idea was quickly ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Born Charles Town (now Charleston), South Carolina While traveling along the East Coast in 1791, “taking heads” of ...

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 75, of Fallbrook died Saturday. He was born in Minneapolis and was a creator and founder of the Fallbrook Art & Cultural Center. Survivors include his daughter, Susan ...