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History of slavery in Illinois While Illinois' first state constitution in 1818 stated that slavery shall not be thereafter introduced, slavery was still tolerated in the early years of Illinois statehood, and the constitution did not have a clause forbidding its amendment to allow slavery.
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CONSTITUTION OF 1876 Early in 1874 a joint legislative committee reported an entire new constitution as an amendment to the Constitution of 1869. Because the document had not been prepared by a convention and because of the possibility that its adoption might antagonize the federal government, the legislature rejected the proposal.
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- In 2002, a Democratic candidate became Illinois governor for the first time in 26 years, and Democrats gained control over the Illinois Senate. With the exception of 2010 and 2014, Illinois Democrats have consistently gained more and more power in every election year in Illinois since the mid-1990s.
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U.S. Constitution ratified On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the document, and it was subsequently agreed that government under the U.S. Constitution would begin on March 4, 1789. George Washington was inaugurated as America’s first president on April 30, 1789.
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- The US Constitution was written in 1787 after the Second Continental Congress called for a convention in Philadelphia to modify the Articles of Confederation, the document that served as the foundation for the United States' first national government.
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Illinois becomes 21st state, Dec. 3, 1818 Illinois becomes 21st state, Dec. 3, 1818. On this day in 1818, Illinois became the 21st state. At the time, the population numbered about 35,000 residents. The treeless prairie — so different from the adjacent forests of Kentucky and Tennessee — was still largely unsettled.
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- 2. The Constitutional Outline Article III of the Constitution, drafted in the summer of 1787, offered only the briefest sketch of the court system for the new nation. The Constitution mandated a Supreme Court, but left for the Congress to decide the size of that court and the schedule for its meetings.
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- 2. The first constitution for Texas was the Mexican Constitution of Coahuila y Tejas (1827). 3. The second was the Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836), which was written when Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
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- In 1816, Indiana entered the Union with a constitution that pro-. vided for the election of associate judges of the circuit. court. Sixteen years later, Mississippi became the first. state in which all judges were popularly elected. Michigan. held elections for trial judges in 1836. By that time the appointive system had come under. serious attack.
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Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution Congress proposed the Twenty-fourth Amendment on August 27, 1962. The amendment was submitted to the states on September 24, 1962, after it passed with the requisite two-thirds majorities in the House and Senate. The following states ratified the amendment: Illinois (November 14, 1962)
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Colorado, Felonies and the First DUI In June of that same year, Virginia ratified the Constitution, and New York followed in July. On February 2, 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court held its first session, marking the date when the government was fully operative.
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History of the United States Constitution Page one of the original copy of the United States Constitution The United States Constitution was written in 1787 during the Philadelphia Convention. The old Congress set the rules the new government followed in terms of writing and ratifying the new constitution.
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Decatur, Illinois Decatur was the first home in Illinois of Abraham Lincoln, who settled just west of Decatur with his family in 1830. At the age of 21, Lincoln gave his first political speech in Decatur about the importance of Sangamon River navigation that caught the attention of Illinois political leaders.
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- Elgin was chartered as a city by the State of Illinois in 1854, and 100 years later became the first city in Illinois to adopt a council-manager form of government. Council-Manager Government Residents elect eight at-large council members and a mayor, who serve on a part-time basis.
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- All U.S. state constitutions have a rich and varied history. Some are radical, such as the Pennsylvania State Constitution of 1776, which is considered one of the most democratic constitutions of all time, since it provided for multiple elected governmental oversight bodies until it was replaced in 1790.
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Incorporated town The oldest existing municipal town in Illinois is Astoria in Fulton County, incorporated on January 24, 1839; the newest existing town is La Prairie in Adams County, incorporated on April 15, 1869.
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Constitution of Mississippi In use for 22 years, the 1868 constitution was the first in the history of the state to have been approved by popular consent, when it was sent to the people at large for their ratification. It was also the first state constitution of Mississippi to have been created by both African American and white delegates.owever, this agreement eventually went unheeded. In 1876, the Democrats gained the governorship of Mississippi, and 14 years later, in 1890, the 1868 constitution was replaced by a new constitution by a convention consisting overwhelmingly of white Democrats, 22 years after it was adopted.
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U.S. Constitution Today in History - September 17. U.S. Constitution. On September 17, 1787, members of the Constitutional Convention signed the final draft of the Constitution. Two days earlier, when a final vote was called, Edmund Randolph called for another convention to carefully review the Constitution as it stood.
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Areas of Interest Nine years later, Texas was able to take more care when drafting its first state constitution. Adopted just before annexation, the Constitution of 1845 set forth Texas law in a simple and straightforward manner. Constitutional scholars consider it to have been one of the best state constitutions in the country.
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Today in Texas History: Texas constitution ratified The first Texas constitution, written at the time of the Texas Revolution was drafted in 1836 and designed for the Republic of Texas, not the state.
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Topeka Constitution The Topeka Constitution marked the first effort to form a Kansas governmental structure and define its basis in law. Free-State delegates passed the constitution on December 15, 1855. The Territory-wide election for officers and approval of the constitution on January 15, 1856 was boycotted by most pro slavery men.
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History of the Connecticut Constitution It represents the fourth distinct document in state history laying out the mechanics for its form of government. Connecticut is known as the Constitution State because of its early adoption of the Fundamental Orders in 1639, thought to be the earliest document of its kind in western civilization.
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The Constitution of 1791 The preparation and drafting of the constitution began on July 6th 1789, when the National Constituent Assembly appointed a preliminary constitutional committee. This committee was made permanent and expanded to 12 men on July 14th, the day of the Bastille raid (the two events were unrelated).
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History of slavery in Illinois At that time, Illinois also became the first state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which abolished slavery nationally.  1 Slavery in Illinois.  2 Slavery In Illinois, Freedom Trails: 2 Legacies of Hope. 3  Lehman, Christopher P. (2011).  4 Chapter 16: Illinois. 5  Dexter, Darrel (2004).