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The first Constitution of the state of Tennessee was written in Knoxville during the winter of 1796, the year the state was created from the geographic area known as the Southwest Territory.
The original constitution of Tennessee came into effect on June 1, 1796, concurrent with the state's admission to the Union. A second version of the constitution was adopted in 1835. A third constitution was adopted in 1870 and is the one still in use today, with subsequent amendments.
Drafted hastily by convention in the winter of 1796, Tennessee's first Constitution was sent to the seat of national government in Philadelphia for ratification in spring of that same year. The positions on individual rights and suffrage distinguish this Constitution from others of its time.
1796 Tennessee Constitution. We the People of the Territory of the United States south of the River Ohio having the right of admission into the General Government as a member State thereof, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the act of Cession of the State of North Carolina, recognizing the Ordinance for the Government of ...
The first constitution of the state of Tennessee was adopted in 1796. The constitution was drafted in Knoxville by a convention consisting of 55 delegates. Once it was completed, the delegates sent the Constitution to Washington City for review by the Congress before it adjourned.
Constitution of the State of Tennessee WHEREAS, the general assembly of said State of Tennessee, under and in virtue of the first section of the first article of the Declara¬ tion of Rights, contained in and forming a part of the existing constitution of the state, by an act [Acts 1869-70, ch. 105] passed
establish the following Constitution or form of government; and do mutually agree with each other to form ourselves into a free and independent state, by the name of “The State of Tennessee.” ARTICLE I
