Pinckney Plan

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The Pinckney Plan was an early, influential but ultimately rejected draft proposal for the United States Constitution submitted by South Carolina delegate Charles Pinckney at the 1787 Constitutional Convention.

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instanceOf constitutional proposal ⓘ
draft plan ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
archivalStatus original text lost ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
datePresented 1787-05-29 ⓘ
discussedInBody Committee of the Whole ⓘ
genre constitutional draft ⓘ
hasAuthorRole delegate from South Carolina ⓘ
hasJurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
historicalSignificance early comprehensive draft of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
influenced structure and language of the final Constitution ⓘ
influenced United States Constitution ⓘ
knownFrom later copies and reconstructions ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationOfPresentation Pennsylvania State House ⓘ
namedAfter Charles Pinckney ⓘ
presentedAt Constitutional Convention ⓘ
presentedInCity Philadelphia ⓘ
presentedInYear 1787 ⓘ
proposedBillOfRights did not contain a separate bill of rights ⓘ
proposedBy Charles Pinckney ⓘ
proposedChamber bicameral legislature ⓘ
proposedExecutive single executive ⓘ
proposedExecutiveReelection ineligible for immediate reelection ⓘ
proposedExecutiveTermLength 7 years ⓘ
proposedExecutiveTitle President ⓘ
proposedImpeachmentPower House power of impeachment ⓘ
proposedImpeachmentTrialBody Senate ⓘ
proposedJudicialTenure during good behavior ⓘ
proposedJudiciary national judiciary ⓘ
proposedLowerHouseSelection popular election ⓘ
proposedNationalLegislativePowers power to legislate in all cases where separate states are incompetent ⓘ
power to negative state laws ⓘ
proposedRepresentationBasis population-based representation in at least one house ⓘ
proposedStateRelations stronger national government over the states ⓘ
proposedSupremacy national laws supreme over state laws ⓘ
proposedTreatyPower Senate participation in treaty-making ⓘ
proposedUpperHouseSelection state legislature election ⓘ
proposedVetoPower executive and judiciary joint veto ⓘ
relatedDocument New Jersey Plan ⓘ
Virginia Plan ⓘ
status rejected ⓘ
subjectOfDebate authenticity of surviving text ⓘ
extent of its influence on the final Constitution ⓘ
timePeriod Founding Era of the United States ⓘ

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Charles Pinckney → notableWork → Pinckney Plan ⓘ