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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
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
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Thomas Pinckney, engraving
Thomas Pinckney
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
president of United States
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
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Gilbert Stuart: portrait of John Adams
John Adams
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James Monroe
James Monroe
president of United States
Pinckney, Charles
Charles Pinckney
American statesman
William Moultrie, engraving
William Moultrie
United States general and politician
Sumter, Thomas
Thomas Sumter
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Edward Rutledge
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Leonard Woodcock
American labor leader and diplomat
Raul H. Castro
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Susan Rice
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George Washington
George Washington
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John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
president of United States
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
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George H.W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
president of United States
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
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Tadeusz Kościuszko
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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