Francis Wilkinson Pickens - People - Department History
Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805–1869)
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State of Residence: South Carolina
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Russia)
Appointed: January 11, 1858
Presentation of Credentials: July 18, 1858
Termination of Mission: Presented recall on September 9, 1860