Constitutional Conventions.
FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Convened at Iowa City, October 7, 1844.
Adjourned November 1, 1844.
President, Shepherd Leffler, Democrat. |
Secretary, George S. Hampton, Democrat. |
COUNTIES REPRESENTED. | NAMES OF MEMBERS. |
Lee | Charles Staley, Alexander Kerr, David Galland, Calvin J. Price, James Marsh, John Thompson, Henry M. Salmon, O. S. X. Peck. |
Des Moines | James Clarke, Henry Robinson, John D. Wright, Shepherd Leffler, Andrew Hooten, Enos Lowe, John Ripley, George Hepner. |
Van Buren | Elisha Cutler, Jr., John Davidson, Paul Brattain, David Ferguson, Gideon S. Bailey, John Hale, Jr., Thomas Charlton. |
Jefferson | Robert Brown, Hardin Butler, Sulifand S. Ross, James I. Murray, Samuel Whitmore. |
Henry | Joseph C. Hawkins, George Hobson, John H. Randolph, Jonathan C. Hall, Joseph D. Hoag. |
Washington | Wm. R. Harrison, Enoch Ross, Caleb B. Campbell. |
Louisa | John Brookbank, Wm. L. Toole, Wright Williams. |
Muscatine | Jonathan E. Fletcher, Ralph P. Lowe, Elijah Sells. |
Johnson | Robert Lucas, Samuel H. McCrory, Henry Felkner. |
Linn | Thomas J. McKean, Samuel W. Durham, Luman M. Strong. |
Cedar | Samuel A. Bissell, James H. Gower. |
Scott | James Grant, Andrew W. Campbell, Ebenezer Cook. |
Clinton | Lyman Lyons, Ralph R. Benedict. |
Jones | John Taylor. |
Jackson | Joseph S. Kirkpatrick, William Morden, Richard B. Wyckoff. |
Wapello | William H. Galbraith, William W. Chapman. |
Davis | J. C. Blankinship, Samuel W. McAtee. |
Keokuk | Richard Quinton. |
Mahaska | Van B. Delashmutt, Stephen B. Shelledy. |
Dubuque, Delaware, Black Hawk and Fayette | Francis Gehon, Edward Langworthy, Theophilus Crawford, Stephen Hempstead, Samuel B. Olmstead, Michael O’Brien. |
Democrats, 53; Whigs, 17.
The constitution adopted by this convention was rejected by the people at an election held on the 4th day of August, 1845, there being 7,235 votes cast “for the constitution,” and 7,656 votes cast “against the constitution.”
SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Convened at Iowa City, May 4, 1846.
Adjourned May, 19, 1846.
President, Enos Lowe, Democrat. |
Secretary, William Thompson, Democrat. |
COUNTIES REPRESENTED. | NAMES OF MEMBERS. |
Lee | David Galland, Josiah Kent, George Berry. |
Des Moines | Enos Lowe, Shepherd Leffler, George W. Bowie. |
Van Buren | Thomas Dibble, Erastus Hoskins, William Steele. |
Jefferson | Sullifand S. Ross, William G. Coop. |
Henry | George Hobson, Alvin Saunders. |