Francis Wilkinson Pickens
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 155 years ago |
Date of birth | April 7,1807 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Colleton County |
South Carolina | |
United States | |
Date of died | January 25,1869 |
Died | Edgefield |
South Carolina | |
United States | |
Party | Democratic Party |
Place of burial | South Carolina, United States |
Children | Douschka Pickens |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Georgia |
University of South Carolina | |
Previous position | Governor of South Carolina (1860–1862) |
Current partner | Lucy Pickens |
Grandparents | Andrew Pickens |
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ID | 657636 |
Francis Wilkinson Pickens Life story
Francis Wilkinson Pickens was an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina when that state became the first to secede from the United States. A cousin of Senator John C. Calhoun, he was born into the Southern planter class.