Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1867–1868
The 1867–1868 Georgia State Constitutional Convention was held for the purpose of constructing a constitution for the state following the end of the American Civil War. Held in Atlanta, the convention started on December 9, 1867 and ran through March 1868.[1][2]
Its delegates included 137 white men and 33 African American men.[1] It was the first constitutional convention to involve the participation of African-American delegates. It created a new constitution for Georgia that included suffrage for African-American males; this was a mandate of the congressional Reconstruction Acts.[1]
Delegates
[edit]Delegates to the convention were elected by district.[2] Its members included the following:[2]
First Election District
[edit]- M. H. Bentley
- Aaron Alpeoria Bradley
- Walter L. Clift
- A. L. Harris
- C. H. Hopkins
- W. H. D. Reynolds
- Isaac Seeley
- James Stewart
Second Election District
[edit]Third Election District
[edit]Fourth Election District
[edit]Fifth Election District
[edit]Sixth Election District
[edit]Seventh Election District
[edit]Eighth Election District
[edit]Ninth Election District
[edit]Tenth Election District
[edit]Eleventh Election District
[edit]Twelfth Election District
[edit]Thirteenth Election District)
[edit]Fourteenth Election District
[edit]Fifteenth Election District
[edit]Sixteenth Election District
[edit]Seventeenth Election District
[edit]Eighteenth Election District
[edit]- Simeon Beard
- Foster Blodgett
- J. E. Bryant
- Rufus B. Bullock
- Benjamin Conley
- John Neal
- Alexander Stone
Nineteenth Election District
[edit]Twentieth Election District
[edit]Twenty-first Election District
[edit]Twenty-second Election District
[edit]Twenty-third Election District
[edit]Twenty-fourth Election District
[edit]Twenty-fifth Election District
[edit]Twenty-sixth Election District
[edit]Twenty-seventh Election District
[edit]Twenty-eighth Election District
[edit]Twenty-ninth Election District
[edit]Thirtieth Election District
[edit]Thirty-first Election District
[edit]Thirty-second Election District
[edit]Thirty-third Election District
[edit]Thirty-fourth Election District
[edit]Thirty-fifth Election District
[edit]Thirty-sixth Election District
[edit]Thirty-seventh Election District
[edit]Thirty-eighth Election District
[edit]Thirty-ninth Election District
[edit]Fortieth Election District
[edit]Forty-first Election District
[edit]Forty-second Election District
[edit]Forty-third Election District
[edit]Forty-fourth Election District
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Dec. 9, 1867: Georgia Constitutional Convention". Zinn Education Project. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ^ a b c Journal of the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the people of Georgia : held in the City of Atlanta in the months of December, 1867, and January, February and March, 1868, and ordinances and resolutions adopted / published by order of the Convention. Augusta, Georgia: E. H. Pughe Book & Job Printer, 1868. Accessed January 18, 2023.