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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC00819.20
From Archive Folder	Constitution and Constitutional Convention archive: Pierce Butler's notes
Title	The Members of the Legislature shall be ineligible to any Office...
Date	30 August 1787
Author	Butler, Pierce (1744-1822)
Document Type	Miscellany; Government document
Content Description	Quarter sheet concerning eligibility for offices. Date from Hutson
Subjects	Congress Office Seeker Law Government and Civics US Constitution US Constitutional Convention
People	Butler, Pierce (1744-1822)
Place written	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme	Creating a New Government; Government & Politics; The American Revolution; Law
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	This collection of Pierce Butler's papers from the Constitutional Convention of 1787 provides unique views of the various conflicts that permeated the Constitutional Convention, while bringing to life the process of creating the United States Constitution.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide The Members of the Legislature shall be ineligible to any Office to which pay is annex'd except in the Army Navy or foreign Ambassies [sic], and in case of such appointment, & during the time of Service they shall Vacate their Seats.