Pinckney's Council Gained Traction
Commentary
Based on the council included in Pinckney's Plan, Gouverneur Morris authored a proposed council for the Committee of Detail to consider. This council looked remarkably similar to the cabinet created by George Washington in 1793. Unlike George Mason's executive council proposed on September 7, this council did not limit the power of the executive and the legislature did not appoint the councilors. The President would have been free to consult with this council at his leisure.
Associated event
Further Propositions for the Committee of Detail - Morris's Additions was proposed
on 20 August 1787
Approved for publication
None
Pinckney's Council Gained Traction by lchervinsky (lchervinsky)
Advising the President
Cite as: lchervinsky, ‘Pinckney's Council Gained Traction’ in Lindsay Chervinsky, Advising the President, Quill Project at Pembroke College (Oxford, 2016), item 86.