Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Ohio counties in 1802. The Enabling Act of 1802 was passed on April 30, 1802, by the Seventh Congress of the United States. This act authorized the residents of the eastern portion of the Northwest Territory to form the state of Ohio and join the U.S. on an equal footing with the other states. In doing so it also established the precedent and ...
In 1835, the Ohio legislature formed Lucas County out of this disputed territory, and the Ohio Common Pleas Court held a session there in an attempt to validate the state's claim to the land.
A state constitutional convention was held in November 1802 in Chillicothe, Ohio, and it adopted what became known as the 1802 Constitution. Largely due to the perception that territorial governor Arthur St. Clair had ruled heavy-handedly, the constitution provided for a "weak" governor and judiciary, and vested virtually all power in a ...
James Grubb (1771-1806) was a delegate to the convention that wrote the first constitution for the U.S. state of Ohio in 1802. He was a Democratic-Republican , who opposed allowing slavery in the new state.
Ohio Constitutional Convention (1802) Oklahoma Enabling Act; ... Philippine Organic Act (1902) Poland Act; Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950; R.
The proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot championed by “Citizens Not Politicians,” will create an Independent Citizen Commission for legislative and congressional redistricting. It ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The act required the people of Ohio to elect a delegate for each 1,200 people to attend a constitutional convention. These delegates would meet in Chillicothe on November 1, 1802, and would decide by majority vote whether or not to form a constitution and state government, and, if so, either provide for the election of representatives for a ...