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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Wyandotte Constitutional Convention canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional convention ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kansas ⓘ
archivesAt Kansas State Historical Society ⓘ
chairperson James M. Winchell ⓘ
chronology fourth constitutional convention held in Kansas Territory ⓘ
constitutionalStatusOfSlavery prohibited slavery in Kansas ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedBySource Kansas historical records ⓘ
proceedings of the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention ⓘ
draftedDocument Wyandotte Constitution ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Lecompton Constitutional Convention ⓘ
Topeka Constitutional Convention ⓘ
linked to: Topeka Constitution
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 ⓘ
admission of Kansas to the Union ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
state constitutions of the United States ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Kansas Territory ⓘ
location Wyandotte, Kansas Territory ⓘ
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 ⓘ
pointInTime 1859 ⓘ
president James M. Winchell ⓘ
relatedWork Kansas State Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Kansas Constitution
significantEvent drafting of the Wyandotte Constitution ⓘ
significantPlace Wyandotte City Hall ⓘ
startTime 1859-07-05 ⓘ
timePeriod pre–American Civil War period ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kansas Territory → event → Wyandotte Constitutional Convention ⓘ
Kansas Constitution → adoptedAt → Wyandotte Constitutional Convention ⓘ
John James Ingalls → participatedIn → Wyandotte Constitutional Convention ⓘ
Free-State movement → significantEvent → Wyandotte Constitutional Convention ⓘ
Wyandotte Constitution → draftedBy → Wyandotte Constitutional Convention ⓘ