. "Governor of South Carolina" . "American politician" . . . . . "1869Z"^^ . . "United States Minister to Russia" . "Member of theSouth Carolina SenatefromEdgefield District" . . . "1805-04-07Z"^^ . . . . "Member of theSouth Carolina House of Representativesfrom Edgefield District" . "1869-01-25Z"^^ . . . "1805Z"^^ . "69th" . . . . . . . . "Francis Wilkinson Pickens (April 7, 1805 \u2013 January 25, 1869) was Governor of South Carolina when that state became the first to secede from the U.S.A.A cousin of Senator John C."@en . . "Pickens, Francis Wilkinson"@en . "Francis Wilkinson Pickens"@en .