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Constitutional Convention, 1867
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Historical List Constitutional Convention, 1867 |
In the election of 1866, Unionists lost their political power in Maryland. The Democrats who replaced them included many who had been sympathetic to the Confederate cause. They sought to rewrite what they considered to be a Unionist document. When Governor Thomas Swann addressed the General Assembly in 1867, he called for enactment of a constitutional convention bill. The legislature passed the bill, and the voters expressed their approval of a convention (Acts of 1867, ch. 327).
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1867 were chosen by the
electorate on April 10, 1867. The convention convened in Annapolis on May
8, 1867, and adjourned on August 17, 1867. The fourth state constitution,
recommended by the convention, was ratified by the voters September 18,
1867.
| Richard B. Carmichael | President |
| Milton Y. Kidd | Secretary |
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