Ohio Control of Corporations, Amendment 4 (October 1857)

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The Ohio Control of Corporations Amendment, also known as Amendment 4, was on the October 13, 1857 ballot in Ohio as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have allowed the general assembly to enact special laws for the relief of corporations in certain cases.

Election results

Ohio Amendment 4 (October 1857)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		35,973	22.60%
Yes		123,229	77.40%

Note: Although this measure gathered more "yes" votes, a majority of the total 332,126 votes in the entire election (166,604 votes) were needed for the measure to be approved.

Election results via: Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library

Text of measure

The text of the measure can be read here.

Path to the ballot

The amendment was referred to the ballot by the Ohio General Assembly on April 3, 1857.

See also

Suggest a link

• Ohio 1857 ballot measures
• 1857 ballot measures
• List of Ohio ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Ohio

External links

• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library

Footnotes

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