Wisconsin Constitution Ratification Referendum, Question 1 (1848)

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The Wisconsin Constitution Ratification Referendum was a Wisconsin referendum on the March 13, 1848 ballot in Wisconsin, where it was approved.

• This referendum ratified the Wisconsin Constitution of 1848.

Election results

Question 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		16,799	72.46%
No		6,384	27.54%

Official results via: Wisconsin Blue Book 2011 - 2012

Text of measure

The language that appeared on the ballot:

Yes
No

• The two statements would have been printed on separate tickets to put in a ballot box.

Path to the ballot

• Submission to the People: Article XIV, Section 9 of The Wisconsin Constitution of 1848

See also

Suggest a link

• 1848 ballot measures
• Wisconsin 1848 ballot measures
• List of Wisconsin ballot measures

External links

• The Wisconsin Constitution of 1848
• Timeline of the 1847-1848 constitutional convention.
• "Wisconsin’s Constitutional Conventions" by the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau
• "The Making of the Wisconsin Constitution" by the State Bar of Wisconsin