Ezekiel Pickens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEzekiel Pickens
American politician (1768-1818)
Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1768
Place of Birth: Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 23-May-1818
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Ezekiel Pickens
- Ezekiel Pickens (March 30, 1768 – May 22, 1813) was an American lawyer and politician; he served as the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 1802 to 1804. Pickens was the second of twelve children of General Andrew Pickens (1739-1817) and his wife Rebecca (Calhoun).
- Ezekiel was born at the family home near Abbeville, South Carolina; the family moved to the Hopewell plantation by 1785 (near the modern site of Clemson University), where Ezekiel was tutored in preparation for college.
- Pickens graduated third in his class at Princeton in 1790 and gave the valedictorian's address. Returning to South Carolina, Pickens studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1793.
- A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he represented the Pendleton District in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1791-4 and St.
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- Denis parishes in 1801 and 1802.Pickens served as lieutenant governor of South Carolina from 1802 to 1804 under governor James Burchill Richardson.
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