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About Francis Wilkinson Pickens
Francis Wilkinson Pickens was a politician who served as the 69th 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. A member of the Democratic Party, Pickens became an ardent supporter of nullification of federal tariffs when he served in the South Carolina House of Representatives before he was elected to the United States House of Representatives.
Everything about Francis Wilkinson Pickens →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, diplomat, ambassador
- Position held
- United States representative, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Governor of South Carolina, ambassador
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 7, 1805
- Died
- January 25, 1869