PICKENS, FRANCIS WILKINSON (1805-1869)

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PICKENS, FRANCIS WILKINSON (1805-1869) , American politician, was born in Togadoo, St Paul's parish,

South

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

Carolina, on the 7th of April 18o5, son of Andrew Pickens (1779-1838) and grandson of General Andrew Pickens (1739-1817). He was educated at Franklin College, Athens, Georgia, and at

South

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

Carolina College, Columbia, and was admitted to the bar in 1829. In 1832 he was elected to the state

House

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

of Representatives, where, as chairman of a sub-committee, he submitted a report denying the right of Congress to exercise any

control

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

over the states. He was a Democratic member of the National

House

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

of Representatives in 1834-1843, served in the South Carolina Senate in 1844-1845, was a delegate to the Nashville Southern Convention (see NASHVILLE,

TENNESSEE

TENNESSEE

) in 1850, was United States minister to Russia in 1858-186o, and in 186o-1862 was

governor

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

of South Carolina. He strongly advocated the secession of the Southern states; signed the South Carolina

ordinance

ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE, or ORDONNANCE

of secession; protested against Major Robert Anderson's removal from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter; sanctioned the firing upon the "

Star

STAR

of the West " (Jan. 9, 1861), which was bringing supplies to Anderson, and the bombardment of Fort Sumter; and was a zealous supporter of the Confederate cause. At the close of his

term

TERM

he retired to his

home

at Edgefield, South Carolina, where he died on the 25th of January 1869.

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