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See also:FRANCIS See also:WILKINSON See also:PICKENS (1805-1869)
, See also:American politician, was See also:born in Togadoo, St See also:Paul's See also:parish, See also:South Carolina, on the 7th of See also:April 18o5, son of See also:Andrew See also:Pickens (1779-1838) and See also:grandson of See also:General Andrew Pickens (1739-1817)
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He was educated at See also:Franklin See also:College, See also:Athens, See also:Georgia, and at South Carolina College, See also:Columbia, and was admitted to the See also:bar in 1829
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In 1832 he was elected to the See also:state See also:House of Representatives, where, as chairman of a sub-See also:committee, he submitted a See also:report denying the right of See also:Congress to exercise any See also:control over the states
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He was a Democratic member of the See also:National House of Representatives in 1834-1843, served in the South Carolina See also:Senate in 1844-1845, was a delegate to the See also:Nashville See also:Southern See also:Convention (see NASHVILLE, See also:TENNESSEE) in 1850, was See also:United States See also:minister to See also:Russia in 1858-186o, and in 186o-1862 was See also:governor of South Carolina
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He strongly advocated the See also:secession of the Southern states; signed the South Carolina See also:ordinance of secession; protested against See also:Major See also:Robert See also: |
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