Butler Pierce is known as one of the most noble delegates that had participated in the Constitutional Convention. Butler was born in County Carlow in Ireland in the year 1744. Hi s Father, Sir Richard Butler, was a member of the Parliament and also a member of a British hereditary order of honor. As Butler grew up he walked in his own path and avoided his father’s footsteps by going into the military. He soon became a major in his Majesty's 29th regiment. Butler married Mary Middleton in the year 1771 who was the daughter of a wealthy family. They had one child. On his quest to become a planter in the Charleston area , Butler resign from his commision. When the Revolution broke out, Butler took action to the Whig cause. He was elected to the assembly in 1778, and the next year he served as an assistant general in the South Carolina militia. The next year, Butler won election to both the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention. In the latter assembly, he was an unreserved nationalist who attended every session and was a key spokesman for the Madison-Wilson caucus. Butler also supported the interests of southern slaveholders. He served on the Committee on Postponed Matters. Butler returned to South Carolina to defend the Constitution but did not participate in the …show more content…
South Carolina was a state that supported slavery due to economic debuts. Butler maintained both a strong nationalist yet state-centric political platform but this confused many delegates. Butlers other Ideas would follow him for his entire political career. Butler supported the New Jersey Plan and Great compromise, but not the Virginia Plan because he wanted to produce liberty and civil rights and lead others into a better life. He also supported state rights over a special government because not all state had the same population and