William Pinkney was an American statesman and diplomat, and was appointed the seventh US Attorney General by President James Madison.
16 Facts About William Pinkney
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William Pinkney was born in 1764 in Annapolis in the Province of Maryland.
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William Pinkney studied medicine and "read the law" with an established firm, as was the practice at the time for aspiring lawyers.
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William Pinkney was an excellent orator who possessed an impressive command of language.
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William Pinkney was said to have been articulate and pleasing in manner.
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Edward Coote William Pinkney, born seventh, was ranked as an accomplished poet posthumously.
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William Pinkney served in numerous electoral offices, at the local, state and national level.
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William Pinkney was elected to and served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1788 to 1792 and then again in 1795.
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William Pinkney was elected mayor of Annapolis, serving from 1795 to 1800.
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William Pinkney was elected in 1790 as a US Congressman from Maryland's 3rd congressional district, serving in 1791.
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William Pinkney was nominated as a diplomat, serving with James Monroe as co-US Ministers to the Court of St James's in Great Britain, 1806 to 1807.
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William Pinkney returned to Maryland, serving in the Maryland State Senate in 1811.
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William Pinkney was commissioned as a major in the US Army during the War of 1812 and was wounded at the Battle of Bladensburg, Maryland in August 1814.
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William Pinkney was next appointed by President James Monroe as the US Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia from 1816 until 1818, along with a special mission to the Kingdom of Naples.
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In 1818 William Pinkney was elected by the state legislature as a US Senator from Maryland, serving from 1819 until his death in 1822.
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William Pinkney is buried at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC.