Wyandotte Constitutional Convention

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The Wyandotte Constitutional Convention was the 1859 gathering in Kansas Territory that drafted the state constitution under which Kansas entered the Union as a free state.

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instanceOf constitutional convention
historical event
appliesToJurisdiction Kansas NERFINISHED
archivesAt Kansas State Historical Society NERFINISHED
chairperson James M. Winchell NERFINISHED
chronology fourth constitutional convention held in Kansas Territory
constitutionalStatusOfSlavery prohibited slavery in Kansas
country United States of America
surface form: United States
describedBySource Kansas historical records
proceedings of the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention
draftedDocument Wyandotte Constitution NERFINISHED
endTime 1859-07-29
facetOf statehood process of Kansas
fieldOfWork constitutional law
territorial governance
followedBy admission of Kansas to the Union
adoption of the Wyandotte Constitution by Kansas voters
follows Leavenworth Constitutional Convention NERFINISHED
Lecompton Constitutional Convention NERFINISHED
Topeka Constitutional Convention NERFINISHED
freeStateOutcome Kansas admitted as a free state
hasEffect enabled Kansas to enter the Union as a free state
hasPart debates over boundaries of Kansas
debates over rights of African Americans
debates over slavery in Kansas
debates over suffrage provisions
debates over women’s property rights
hasTopic Bleeding Kansas NERFINISHED
admission of Kansas to the Union
slavery in the United States
state constitutions of the United States
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Kansas Territory NERFINISHED
location Wyandotte, Kansas Territory NERFINISHED
present-day Kansas City, Kansas
notableOutcome defined boundaries of the State of Kansas
established framework of Kansas state government
participant Democratic Party politicians in Kansas Territory
Free-State delegates
Republican Party politicians in Kansas Territory
partOf Bleeding Kansas era NERFINISHED
pointInTime 1859
president James M. Winchell NERFINISHED
relatedWork Kansas State Constitution NERFINISHED
significantEvent drafting of the Wyandotte Constitution
significantPlace Wyandotte City Hall NERFINISHED
startTime 1859-07-05
timePeriod pre–American Civil War period

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Kansas Territory (as namesake of Fort Riley) event Wyandotte Constitutional Convention
subject surface form: Kansas Territory