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On This Day 3/26/1776
3/16/2011 9:13:26 PM

South Carolina approves the new constitution

The Provincial Congress of South Carolina approves a new constitution and government. The Legislature renames itself the "General Assembly of South Carolina" and elects John Rutledge as President, Henry Laurens as Vice President, and William Henry Drayton as Chief Justice.

South Carolina took this action towards independence from Great Britain four months before the Continental Congress declared independence and five months before South Carolina learned of the declaration.

John Rutledge possessed quasi-dictatorial powers as President and Commander-in-Chief of the new state. In 1778, John Rutledge resigned the post in protest over proposed changes to the state constitution.

Rawlins Lowndes took over the Presidency and instituted the changes John Rutledge found objectionable. The executive power changed from a Presidency to a Governorship and veto power was taken away from the executive.

The Senate became a popularly elected body, and the Church of England no longer held status as the state church. However, after the changes had been made, John Rutledge was elected Governor in 1779, a post he held until 1782.

William Henry Drayton drafted the 1778 constitution that was opposed by John Rutledge. The ardent Whig died while serving Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 3, 1779 at age thirty-seven.

John Rutledge lost much of his personal wealth during the Brirish siege of Charlestown but survived to see the new country dawn before his death in 1800.

Henry Laurens only served as Vice President of South Carolina until June, 1777. He was elected to the Continental Congress in January 1777 a position he held until December 9 1778.

Beginning in 1780 Henry Laurens served fifteen months of imprisonment in the Tower of London, England after being taken captive on a Congressional mission to Holland. He spent the last years of his life in retirement on his plantation where he lived until his death in 1792.

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John Rutledge President South Carolina
Henry Laurens Vice President South Carolina
William Henry Drayton Chief Justice South Carolina
Rawlins Lowndes President South Carolina

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