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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.
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
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.
The first Constitution of Tennessee was adopted in convention February 6, 1796, and was effective when Tennessee was admitted to the Union June 1, 1796. The second Constitution was adopted in convention, which met in Nashville in 1834 and was submitted to the voters in 1835, becoming effective on proclamation of the governor on March 27, 1835.
Tennessee's current constitution is its third constitution. Previous constitutions were written in 1796 and 1834. Unlike the latter two, the original was never submitted to the voters but rather approved by Congress in conjunction with the resolution admitting Tennessee as a state.
Tennessee was erected into a state in 1796, it adopted with only the necessary changes the constitution and laws of North Carolina, and with them inherited the parent state's policy of non-interference in matters of education."
