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The 1816 (superseded) and 1851 Constitutions of the State of Indiana, located in the Indiana Statehouse Rotunda. The Constitution of Indiana is the highest body of state law in the U.S. state of Indiana. It establishes the structure and function of the state and is based on the principles of federalism and Jacksonian democracy.
Despite slavery and indentures becoming illegal in 1816 due to the state constitution, the 1820 federal census listed 190 slaves in Indiana. Many Hoosier slaveholders felt that the 1816 constitution did not cover preexisting slavery; others just did not care if it was illegal. In eastern Indiana nearly all slaveholders immediately freed their ...
The 1816 constitution required that Indiana's state legislature create a ... The state government chartered Indiana University in Bloomington in 1820 as the State ...
The ruling was made on July 22, 1820, [1] based upon the Indiana Constitution, 11th article, section 7, There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in this state, otherwise than for the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.
In December 1816, the Indiana Supreme Court succeeded the General Court of the Indiana Territory as the state's high court. During its long history the Court has heard a number of high-profile cases, including Lasselle v. State (1820). Originally begun as a three-member judicial panel, the Court underwent major reforms in 1852 and 1971, as well ...
Constitution of the State of Nevada: October 31, 1864: 37,418: 3rd: Constitution of the State of New Hampshire: June 5, 1793 [4] 13,238 [note 6] 3rd: Constitution of the State of New Jersey: January 1, 1948: 26,360: 1st: Constitution of the State of New Mexico: January 6, 1912: 33,198: 4th: Constitution of the State of New York: January 1, 1895 ...
On June 11 the delegation passed a resolution (34 to 8) to proceed with the task of writing the state's first constitution and forming a state government. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] An Enabling Act, which President James Madison signed into law on April 19, 1816, provided for the election of the delegates that took place on May 13, 1816.
Alan F. January and Justin E. Walsh, A Century of Achievement: Black Hoosiers in the Indiana General Assembly, 1881-1986 (Indianapolis, 1986) Justin E. Walsh (1987), The centennial history of the Indiana General Assembly, 1816-1978 , Indiana Historical Bureau – via Indiana Memory (Indiana State Library) .