William Pinkney
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United States Senator from Maryland |
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In office December 21, 1819 – February 25, 1822 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander C. Hanson |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Smith |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 5th district |
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In office March 4, 1815 – April 18, 1816 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander McKim |
| Succeeded by | Peter Little |
| United States Minister to the United Kingdom | |
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In office December 11, 1811 – February 9, 1814 |
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| President | James Madison |
| Preceded by | Caesar A. Rodney |
| Succeeded by | Richard Rush |
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In office April 27, 1808 – May 7, 1811 |
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| Preceded by | James Monroe |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Russell (chargé d'affaires) |
| United States Minister to Russia | |
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In office January 13, 1817 – February 14, 1818 |
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| Preceded by | James A. Bayard |
| Succeeded by | George W. Campbell |
| Attorney General of Maryland | |
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In office 1805–1806 |
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| Preceded by | Luther Martin |
| Succeeded by | John Thomson Mason |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1791 – November 1791 |
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| Preceded by | Benjamin Contee |
| Succeeded by | John F. Mercer |
| Member of the Maryland House of Delegates | |
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In office 1788–1792 1795 |
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March 17, 1764 Annapolis, Maryland |
| Died | February 25, 1822 (aged 57) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Maria Rodgers |
William Pinkney (March 17, 1764 – February 25, 1822) was an American statesman and diplomat, and was appointed the seventh U.S. Attorney General by President James Madison.
William Pinkney was born in Annapolis, Maryland. His home was situated on the banks of the Severn River and in full view of the Chesapeake Bay.
Pinkney attended King William school, which was considered a first class academy. His teacher was a Mr. Brefhard. At age thirteen he left school but his teacher, aware of the young Pinkney's marked intelligence, continued to give him private lessons at home.
He studied medicine (which he did not practice) and law, becoming a lawyer after his admission to the bar in 1786. After some time practicing law in Harford County, Maryland, he participated in Maryland's state constitutional convention.
Pinkney was an excellent orator who possessed a marked command of language and was said to possess a most pleasing and articulate manner in his speaking.
In April, 1788, Pinkney was elected a delegate to the convention of the State of Maryland, which ratified the United States Constitution, marking the beginning of his political career.
Pinkney served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1788 to 1792 and then again in 1795, and served as a U.S. Congressman from the third district of Maryland in 1791 and from the fifth district from 1815 until 1816. He was mayor of Annapolis from 1795 to 1800. In 1801 he was appointed Attorney general for the District of Pennsylvania, by President Thomas Jefferson and Attorney General of Maryland from 1805 to 1806.
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