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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN
PREAMBLE
The Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, adopted in Convention at Madison, on the sixteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ,and forty-six, and of the independence of the United States, the seventy-first.
We, the people of Wisconsin, acknowledging with gratitude the grace and beneficence of God in permitting us to make choice of our form of government, having the right of admission into the Union as a member of the Confederacy, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the ordinance of Congress of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, believing that the time has arrived when our present political condition ought to cease, and the right of self-government to be asserted; and, in order to establish justice, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do mutually agree with each other to form ourselves into a free and Independent state, by the name of the "State of Wisconsin," and do ordain and establish this constitu-tion for the government thereof.
ARTICLE I
BOUNDARIES
Section 1. It is hereby ordained and declared that the state of Wisconsin "doth consent to and accept of the boundaries" prescribed in the act of Congress entitled "An Act to enable the people of Wisconsin Territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union," approved August sixth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. Provided, however, That the following
Object Description
| Page Title | Rejected Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, 1846 |
| Author | Wisconsin. Constitutional Convention (1846) |
| Source Creation Date | 1846 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2005 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2005 |
| Digital Identifier | TP054000 |
| Description | After months of debate, the 1846 constitutional convention produced this document. It was controversial from the start and provoked widespread debate and condemnation, chiefly for provisions that would have given women the right to own property, African-Americans and immigrants the right to vote, and for another that would have prohibited privately owned banks. After it was rejected by voters (all of them white males, by definition, and including a strong pro-banking constituency in the lakeshore counties of eastern Wisconsin), a second constitutional convention was called in 1847. This produced a new, less controversial, draft that was finally ratified by voters and led to Wisconsin's admittance as a state in 1848; it is linked elsewhere on the Turning Points site. We present here the manuscript of the first, rejected state constitution of 1846. Click "Page & Text" to see a typed version of any page. |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
| Type | Manuscript |
| Recommended Citation | Wisconsin. Constitutional Convention (1846). Rejected Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, 1846. Original manuscript in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives (Series 182); online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=54 |
| Document Number | TP054 |
| Size | 29 p. ; 42 cm. x 27 cm. |
| URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=54 |
| Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
| Owner Object ID | Series 182; WIHV182-A |
| Genre | legal document |
| State/Province | Wisconsin |
| Gender | female; male |
| Race and Ethnicity | African Americans |
| Sub-Topic | The State Constitutions of 1846 and 1848 |
| Event Date | 1846 |
| Event Years | 1846 |
| Economics | Banks and banking; Finance; Property |
| Education | Schools |
| Occupations | Judges; Legislators; Lawyers |
| Politics | Civil rights; Elections; Women--Suffrage; |
| Social Relations | Slavery; Race relations |
Description
| Page Title | Page 1 |
| Source Creation Date | 1846 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2005 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2005 |
| Digital Identifier | TP054001 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
| Type | Manuscript |
| Size | 29 p. ; 42 cm. x 27 cm. |
| Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
| Owner Object ID | Series 182 |
| Full Text | THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN PREAMBLE The Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, adopted in Convention at Madison, on the sixteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ,and forty-six, and of the independence of the United States, the seventy-first. We, the people of Wisconsin, acknowledging with gratitude the grace and beneficence of God in permitting us to make choice of our form of government, having the right of admission into the Union as a member of the Confederacy, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the ordinance of Congress of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, believing that the time has arrived when our present political condition ought to cease, and the right of self-government to be asserted; and, in order to establish justice, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do mutually agree with each other to form ourselves into a free and Independent state, by the name of the "State of Wisconsin" and do ordain and establish this constitu-tion for the government thereof. ARTICLE I BOUNDARIES Section 1. It is hereby ordained and declared that the state of Wisconsin "doth consent to and accept of the boundaries" prescribed in the act of Congress entitled "An Act to enable the people of Wisconsin Territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union" approved August sixth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. Provided, however, That the following |
| Event Date | 1846 |
| Event Years | 1846 |