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The constitution, adopted in conference March 7, 1868, was the first one in Louisiana to provide a formal bill of rights. It eradicated the Black Codes of 1865, removed property qualifications for holding office, and former Confederates were still disfranchised.
The Opelousas massacre, which began on September 28, 1868, was one of the bloodiest massacres of the Reconstruction era in the United States. In the aftermath of the ratification of Louisiana's Constitution of 1868 and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, tensions between white Democrats and Black Republicans in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana escalated throughout the ...
Louisiana State Constitution of 1868; S. 1868 State of the Union Address This page was last edited on 5 March 2019, at 22:59 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The 1868 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held over two days, April 17 and 18, the same days that voters were asked to ratify the new Louisiana Constitution of 1868, which established the civil rights of African Americans. As a result of this election Henry Clay Warmoth was elected Governor of Louisiana. At age 26 he was the youngest ...
Pinchback rose to acting governor in Warmoth's stead by way of article 53 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1868, which held that the lieutenant governor would assume the duties of the governor "in case of impeachment of the Governor, his removal from office, death . . . resignation or absence from the state."
Amendment No. 2: Repeal of inactive special funds in Constitution. A vote for would: Remove six inactive funds with zero or near-zero balances from the Louisiana Constitution. A vote against would ...
Louisiana’s current constitution was drafted in 1973, and 216 amendments have been adopted since. Another amendment provided a timeline for the convention. The convention would start May 20 and ...
(The Center Square) — On Friday, Gov. Jeff Landry’s proposal to amend Article 7 of the Louisiana Constitution was heard by the Ways & Means committee. The committee voted to move forward ...