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The Constitution of Arkansas is the primary organizing law for the U.S. state of Arkansas delineating the duties, powers, structures, and functions of the state government. Arkansas' original constitution was adopted at a constitutional convention held at Little Rock in advance of the territory's admission to the Union in 1836. In 1861 a ...
J. N. Smithee won election as Arkansas State Land Commissioner unopposed. Smithee was the first commissioner elected to the position after it became a constitutional office under the 1874 Constitution of Arkansas, which was adopted during the same election.
17th Arkansas General Assembly [Wikidata] 1868 Arkansas Constitution of 1868 [citation needed] 18th Arkansas General Assembly [Wikidata] 1871 19th Arkansas General Assembly [Wikidata] 1873 20th Arkansas General Assembly [Wikidata] 1874 Arkansas Constitution of 1874 [citation needed] 21st Arkansas General Assembly [Wikidata] 1877
The 1874 Arkansas Constitution established Arkansas as a right to work state (a provision then directed against union organizers). In the early 21st century an initiative to restrict same-sex marriage passed by a 3:1 margin, although the United States Supreme Court overrode this in 2015 with its Obergefell v.
The General Assembly of Arkansas is authorized by the Arkansas Constitution, which is the state's fifth constitution. The first constitution was ratified on January 30, 1836, and the current constitution was adopted in 1874. [2] The constitution has also been amended throughout the state's history since 1874. [2]
The conflict, followed by a complete restructuring of state government under the Arkansas Constitution of 1874, marked the end of Reconstruction in Arkansas, resulting in a significantly weakened Republican Party in the state as Democrats took power and controlled the governorship for 90 years.
The reform, approved as Amendment 55 to the Arkansas Constitution of 1874, made sweeping changes to the structure of county government. County judges were transformed into county executives who worked with the quorum court to conduct county business, [7] stripping the almost unfettered power they had accumulated since 1874. [6]
The Reconstruction Constitution of 1868, which placed the state under military control, added two justices; the Arkansas Constitution of 1874 rolled back the expansion, but stipulated that once the population of the state should "amount to one million, the General Assembly may, if deemed necessary, increase the number of judges of the Supreme ...