Lyle Tayson: Pierce Butler

Artist: Lyle Tayson
1924 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1978
Image Size: 7.5 by 10.25 inches
Overall Size: 12 by 16 inches
Medium: Water Color on Cold Press Illustration Board

The son of an Irish nobleman, Pierce Butler was born in County Carlow, Ireland. He came to America shortly before the Revolutionary War, and married the daughter of a plantation owner. He settled down to plantation life and a political career in South Carolina. In 1778, he was elected as a representative to the state legislature. The legislature then elected Butler as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. At the convention, Butler was a very vocal and opinionated spokesman for the Southern slave-holders. He spoke up on any point in which he thought the representatives of the Northern States were trying to get the best of their Southern colleagues. He urged that the number of representatives a state had in Congress should be based on wealth, claiming that "money is power." He also proposed the wording in the Constitution that slaves escaping to another state would be returned to their owner. After signing the Constitution, Butler was elected by the South Carolina legislature as one of the stte's first two United States Senators. Butler thought there should be an increase in pay for Senators, because "a member of the Senate should not only have a handsome income, but should spend it all." After retiring from the Senate, Butler lived in Philadelphia. On February 15, 1822, he died there at the age of seventy-seven.

This artwork was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for The Signers of the Constitution Collection issued on September 17, 1987.

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