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.