North Carolina Constitutional Convention Question (1867)
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| Topic State constitutional conventions |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional convention question |
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North Carolina Constitutional Convention Question was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional convention question in North Carolina on November 20, 1867. It was approved. Voters were able to cast ballots over two days from November 19 to November 20.[1]
A "yes" vote supported calling for a state constitutional convention. |
A "no" vote opposed calling for a state constitutional convention. |
Election results
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North Carolina Constitutional Convention Question |
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93,006 | 73.83% | ||
| No | 32,961 | 26.17% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Constitutional Convention Question was as follows:
| “ | For a Convention. Against a Convention. | ” |
Path to the ballot
Congress passed the Reconstruction Acts in March 1867, which required North Carolina, along with other states that had seceded during the Civil War, to vote on state constitutional convention questions.[2] General Edward R. S. Canby, commander of the Second Military District of the Carolinas, issued General Orders No. 101, scheduling a vote on November 19-20, 1867, to decide whether to hold a state constitutional convention.[1][3][4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 UNC Documenting the American South, "Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of North Carolina, at Its Session 1868," accessed March 18, 2025
- ↑ University of Houston, "Supplementary Reconstruction Act of Fortieth Congress," accessed March 18, 2025
- ↑ State Library of North Carolina, "Convention of 1868," accessed March 18, 2025
- ↑ North Carolina Argus, "The Election," October 24, 1867
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