Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council was the executive governing body of Pennsylvania during the early years of the United States, functioning as a plural executive that oversaw state administration and military affairs under the 1776 state constitution.

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instanceOf executive council ⓘ
state government body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania
appliesToTimePeriod late 18th century ⓘ
category Defunct state executive bodies of the United States ⓘ
History of Pennsylvania government ⓘ
composition councillors elected from Pennsylvania counties and the City of Philadelphia ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Pennsylvania of 1776 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania
deputyHeadOfGovernmentTitle Vice President of the Supreme Executive Council ⓘ
dissolvedBy Constitution of Pennsylvania of 1790 ⓘ
endTime 1790 ⓘ
firstHeadOfGovernment Thomas Wharton Jr. ⓘ
followedBy Pennsylvania gubernatorial system under the 1790 Constitution ⓘ
governingDocument Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 ⓘ
governmentalFunction coordination of state military resources ⓘ
executive oversight of laws passed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
management of state finances and administration ⓘ
governmentForm plural executive ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Pennsylvania militia ⓘ
military affairs of Pennsylvania ⓘ
state administration of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasRole executive branch of Pennsylvania ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Supreme Executive Council ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary era ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of plural executive model in early U.S. state governments ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativePartner Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
Pennsylvania unicameral legislature under the 1776 Constitution ⓘ
location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
notableHeadOfGovernment Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
Charles Biddle ⓘ
John Dickinson ⓘ
numberOfMembers 12 ⓘ
partOf Government of Pennsylvania ⓘ
reasonForReplacement adoption of a new constitution creating a single governor ⓘ
replacedBy Governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
residence Pennsylvania State House ⓘ
seat Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
significantEvent governed Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
oversaw wartime mobilization and defense of Pennsylvania ⓘ
startTime 1777 ⓘ

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Pennsylvania militia → subordinateTo → Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council ⓘ
revolutionary government of Pennsylvania → hasPart → Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council (early phase) ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council
Pennsylvania proprietors → exercisedPowerThrough → provincial council of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council
Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council → alsoKnownAs → Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council
Pennsylvania Committee of Safety → replacedBy → Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council
Pennsylvania Committee of Safety → followedBy → Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania ⓘ
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Pennsylvania Navy → commandStructure → Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council ⓘ
James Ewing → memberOf → Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania ⓘ
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James Ewing → election → Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council election, 1782 ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council