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historical document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 of America
surface form: United States
datePresented 1787-05-29
discussedInBody Committee of the Whole
genre constitutional draft
hasAuthorRole delegate from South Carolina
hasJurisdiction United States government
surface form: 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 of the United States
surface form: Founding Era of the United States

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Charles Pinckney notableWork Pinckney Plan