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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 ...
The Democratic Party state convention took place in Little Rock on September 8–10, 1874, seeking to nominate a slate of candidates that would serve under the new constitution, if ratified. Governor Baxter had won the 1872 gubernatorial election, and under the 1868 Constitution was serving a four-year gubernatorial term. Given the new ...
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 following is a list of legislative terms of the Arkansas General Assembly, the law-making branch of government of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Arkansas became part of the United States on June 15, 1836 .
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 first attorney general of Arkansas was Robert W. Johnson. The Arkansas Constitution of 1868 made the post elective, though it required only that the attorney general “perform such duties as are now, or may hereafter, be prescribed by law.” This was reaffirmed in the constitution of 1874. Act 131 of 1911 laid out four general ...
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 ...
Yonley became Arkansas Attorney General on January 8, 1873, [2] and served in that capacity until the Constitution of 1874 was established, when he was briefly succeeded by J. L. Witherspoon, who was ousted in the election that year by Confederate General Simon P. Hughes. Yonley then resumed the practice of law.