New York State Constitutional Convention of 1915

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Progressive Era political reform effort constitutional convention event

The New York State Constitutional Convention of 1915 was a gathering convened to revise and modernize New York’s state constitution, producing a comprehensive but ultimately voter-rejected set of proposed reforms.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Progressive Era political reform effort ⓘ constitutional convention ⓘ event ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	State of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologyWithinTopic	Progressive Era reforms in New York ⓘ
convenedBy	New York State Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ State of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
describedBySource	New York constitutional law scholarship ⓘ historical accounts of New York politics ⓘ
electorate	voters of the State of New York ⓘ
endTime	1915 ⓘ
field	constitutional law ⓘ
followed	New York State Constitutional Convention of 1867–1868 NERFINISHED ⓘ New York State Constitutional Convention of 1894 NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	earlier failed attempts at constitutional revision in New York ⓘ
governmentalLevel	state ⓘ
hasConsequence	influenced later constitutional debates in New York ⓘ
hasEffect	no immediate change to the existing New York State Constitution ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasPurpose	modernization of the New York State Constitution ⓘ revision of the New York State Constitution ⓘ
hasTopic	budgetary and fiscal provisions of New York Constitution ⓘ civil service and administrative reform in New York ⓘ home rule and local government powers in New York ⓘ judicial article reform in New York Constitution ⓘ state government reorganization ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major but unsuccessful attempt to comprehensively revise New York’s constitution ⓘ
isPartOf	history of New York State government ⓘ
legalForm	constitutional convention called under New York law ⓘ
legalStatusOfProduct	non‑adopted constitutional draft ⓘ
legislativeBodyInvolved	New York State Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ New York State Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Albany, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
outcome	rejection of proposed constitution by voters ⓘ
partOf	constitutional history of New York ⓘ
politicalContext	Progressive Era politics in New York ⓘ
precededBy	New York State Constitutional Convention of 1894 NERFINISHED ⓘ
produced	proposed revised New York State Constitution of 1915 NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Northeastern United States ⓘ
significantEvent	statewide referendum on proposed constitution ⓘ
startTime	1915 ⓘ
subjectOf	debates on governmental reorganization in New York ⓘ studies of Progressive Era constitutional reform ⓘ
temporalContext	early 20th century ⓘ
typeOfElectoralProcess	statewide popular referendum ⓘ
votingResult	defeated in referendum ⓘ

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Joseph Hodges Choate → participatedIn → New York State Constitutional Convention of 1915 ⓘ