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Born March 6, 1724 • Charleston • South Carolina
Died December 8, 1792 (aged 68) • near Charleston • South Carolina
Title / Office Continental Congress (1777-1778), United States
Role In American Revolution
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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
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James Monroe
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Charles Pinckney
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George Washington
George Washington
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John Quincy Adams
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Alexander Hamilton
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George H.W. Bush
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