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52. Pennsylvania 1789 Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia City
53. Pennsylvania 1789 Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia County
54. Pennsylvania 1789 Constitutional Convention, York County
55. South Carolina 1789 Constitutional Convention, The District Eastward of the Wateree
56. Rhode Island 1790 Convention for Adoption of the U.S. Constitution
57. Delaware 1791 Constitutional Convention, Kent County
58. Delaware 1791 Constitutional Convention, New Castle County
59. Delaware 1791 Constitutional Convention, Sussex County
60. Tennessee 1795 Constitutional Convention, Blount County
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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
