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A constitutional convention was held in 1920, but in 1922 the changes were rejected by voters. [11] The Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention convened on December 8, 1969 and concluded on September 3, 1970. [12] The resulting fourth version of the Illinois Constitution was ratified by special election on December 15, 1970, [13] and went into ...
The Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention, popularly known as Con-Con, convened on December 8, 1969 and concluded on September 3, 1970. [1] The convention produced the 1970 Illinois Constitution , the state's first new constitution in 100 years, which the voters of Illinois approved in a special election in December 1970.
The First Illinois Constitutional Convention was held in August 1818 as a precondition for Illinois statehood. The 33 delegates elected from Illinois' 15 counties met in a tavern in Kaskaskia, the territorial capital on the first Monday in August 1818. Before the month was out, they had produced the Illinois Constitution of 1818.
The 1848 Illinois constitution was dominated by a spirit of Jacksonian Democracy, which favored a strong executive. The Democratic Party platform for the Second Illinois Constitutional Convention included an effective gubernatorial veto, with a two-thirds requirement for override. [15]
Jesse B. Thomas. Jesse Burgess Thomas (1777 – May 2, 1853) was an American lawyer, judge and politician who served as a delegate from the Indiana Territory to the tenth Congress and later served as president of the Constitutional Convention which led to Illinois being admitted to the Union. He became one of Illinois' first two Senators, and ...
DePaul University. Odas Nicholson (March 25, 1924 – March 10, 2012) [1] was an attorney, activist and judge in Illinois. Nicholson was a delegate to and secretary of the Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention, which produced Illinois' first new constitution in 100 years. [2] In that capacity she is credited with two key provisions of the ...
The call for the convention required the votes of an equal majority of all ballots cast in the 1968 general elections. [1] A constitutional convention was subsequently held, and the resulting Constitution of Illinois was approved by Illinois voters in a 1970 special election. [10]
[r 1]: 291–292 A constitutional convention, approved by voters in 1918, aimed to deal with the issue, [r 2]: 443 but voters rejected its proposed constitution in 1922. [r 1]: 291–292 The 1901 legislative map had 51 districts, with 19 located in Cook County, which contains Chicago and many of its suburbs. [r 1]: 291 [b]