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The Enabling Act of 1802 set forth the legal mechanisms and authorized the people of Ohio to begin this process. Elections of delegates were held in the various counties of the Eastern District of the Northwest Territory in 1802, and the delegates met from November 1 to November 29, 1802, to choose a name for the state and draft a state ...
The act required the people of Ohio to elect a delegate for each 1,200 people to attend a constitutional convention. These delegates would meet in Chillicothe on November 1, 1802, and would decide by majority vote whether or not to form a constitution and state government, and, if so, either provide for the election of representatives for a ...
A state constitutional convention was held in November 1802 in Chillicothe, Ohio, and it adopted what became known as the 1802 Constitution. Largely due to the perception that territorial governor Arthur St. Clair had ruled heavy-handedly, the constitution provided for a "weak" governor and judiciary, and vested virtually all power in a ...
The assumed dividing line turned out to be incorrect, as a fur trapper told delegates of the Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1802 that it didn't include the river.
Pages in category "Ohio Constitutional Convention (1802)" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Ohio petitions to gain statehood, and the northern boundary is set by the Ohio constitution as the Ordinance Line of 1787 with one proviso: If the line intersected Lake Erie to the east of the mouth of the Maumee River, then "with the assent of Congress of the United States, the northern boundary of this State shall be established by, and ...
Ohio Constitutional Convention (1850) (29 P) Ohio Constitutional Convention (1873) (24 P) ... Land Act of 1804; M. Miller v. Korns; O. Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn.
Mike Curtin is a former editor and associate publisher of the Columbus Dispatch, and a former two-term state lawmaker who served on the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission.