Please answer the following question: Facts: - party: federalist - predecessor: william moultrie william l. smith - lieutenant: thomas gadsden - succeeded: rufus king - birth date: october 23 , 1750 - branch: continental army united states army - profession: planter - order: 36th - death date: 2 november 1828 - office: governor of representatives from south carolina 's 1st district united states of minister to great britain member of the south carolina house south of representatives from st. philip 's and st. michael 's carolina parish member of the u.s. house - term end: january 27 , 1796 26 , 1789 march 4 , 1801 july - serviceyears: 1775 -- 1783 , 1812 -- 1815 - unit: south carolina 1775 1st south carolina regiment - name: thomas pinckney - death place: charleston , south carolina - birth place: charleston , south carolina - term: january , 1791 3 , 1791 & ndash ; december 20 - successor: charles pinckney thomas lowndes - alma mater: westminster school oxford university - preceded: john adams - appointer: george washington - battles: revolutionary war battle of camden war of 1812 - allegiance: united states 1777 - term start: february 9 , 1792 20 , 1787 november 23 , 1797 august - image: thomas pinckney.jpg - rank: 25px -lrb- us army -rrb- major -lrb- continental army -rrb- 25px major general Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of thomas pinckney .
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thomas pinckney -lrb- october 23 , 1750 -- november 2 , 1828 -rrb- was an early american statesman , diplomat and veteran of both the american revolutionary war and the war of 1812 .