Tags: Senator.

Pierce Butler (July 11 1744 – February 15 1822) was a soldier planter and statesman recognized as one of United States’ Founding Fathers. He represented South Carolina in the Continental Congress the 1787 Constitutional Convention and the U.S. Senate.One of the largest slaveholders in the United States Butler defended American slavery for both political and personal motives though he had private misgivings about the institution and particularly about the African slave trade.

Pierce_butler.jpg
battle
American Revolutionary War, Siege of Savannah
birth date
1744-07-11
birth place
County Carlow
country
South Carolina, United States
death date
1822-02-15
death place
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
military rank
Adjutant general, Major
office
Delegate from South Carolina to the Congress of the Confederation
party
Democratic-Republican Party, Federalist Party
profession
Soldier
religion
Episcopal Church (United States)
service end year
1782-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
service start year
1779-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
successor
John Hunter (South Carolina politician), John Gaillard

Loading...

This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Pierce Butler"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.