Ohio Legislative Districts, Amendment 5 (October 1857)

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The Ohio Legislative Districts Amendment, also known as Amendment 5, was on the October 13, 1857 ballot in Ohio as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have provided for one representative per district by dividing any county with more than one representative into as many districts as existing representatives.

Election results

Ohio Amendment 5 (October 1857)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		32,657	18.15%
Yes		147,260	81.85%

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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