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82. Massachusetts 1816 Brunswick Convention, Lewiston
83. Massachusetts 1816 Brunswick Convention, Parsonsfield
84. Massachusetts 1816 Brunswick Convention, Parsonsfield, Ballot 2
85. Massachusetts 1816 Brunswick Convention, Union
86. Massachusetts 1816 Brunswick Convention, Waterville
87. Connecticut 1818 Constitutional Convention
88. Connecticut 1818 Constitutional Convention, Hartford, First Delegate
89. Connecticut 1818 Constitutional Convention, Hartford, First Delegate, Ballot 2
90. Connecticut 1818 Constitutional Convention, Hartford, First Delegate, Ballot 3
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Constitutional Convention
Convention: In Law, A body constituted by statute to represent the people in their primary relations, and in some sense outside of the constitution, as e.g. for the framing or amending of the constitution itself (Constitutional Convention). In this sense, applied to a body meeting under authority of Congress to frame a constitution for a new state, or convened by a state legislature, in the manner prescribed by law, to revise the constitution of the state.
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Many states during this time period continued to either create (for new states) or refine their state constitutions. This resulted in numerous elections for convention delegates.
1787 - 1824: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia
Office Scope: State / Territory
Role Scope: State / County / District / City
