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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.
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
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 original 1796 constitution is kept at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Click here to see a digital image of the 1796 Constitution and download a transcription. The constitution was revised in 1834 to update the court system and address some of the problems in the original constitution.
11 Απρ 2011 · Tennesseans pioneered innovations in self-government beginning in 1772, and they have continued to do so since the enactment of their first formal constitution in 1796. Over time, Tennessee has...
Documenting the constitutional history of Tennessee, Part one charts the rise to statehood and the constitutions of 1796, 1835, and that of 1870 which remained unamended until 1953.
