Episode 2 of 2
Constitution Approval
- When
- October 1851
- Where
- Virginia
The new Constitution was overwhelmingly approved by voters over three days of balloting in October 1851, following the convention's closure.
Over three days' balloting in October 1851, the new Constitution was overwhelmingly approved by 75,748 votes for, with 11,060 against. The vote followed the Reform Convention's liberalization of Virginia's political institutions, in a period when most states reformed their earlier constitutions to embrace white manhood suffrage and white population apportionment.
Sources
- Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-20
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