Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1867–1868

The 1867–1868 Georgia State Constitutional Convention was held for the purpose of constructing a constitution for the state following the end of the American Civil War. Held in Atlanta, the convention started on December 9, 1867 and ran through March 1868.^[1]^[2]

Its delegates included 137 white men and 33 African American men.^[1] It was the first constitutional convention to involve the participation of African-American delegates. It created a new constitution for Georgia that included suffrage for African-American males; this was a mandate of the congressional Reconstruction Acts.^[1]

Delegates

Delegates to the convention were elected by district.^[2] Its members included the following:^[2]

First Election District

Second Election District

Sixth Election District

Seventh Election District

Eighth Election District

Ninth Election District

Tenth Election District

Eleventh Election District

Twelfth Election District

Thirteenth Election District)

Fourteenth Election District

Fifteenth Election District

A. J. Cameron

Sixteenth Election District

Seventeenth Election District

Eighteenth Election District

Nineteenth Election District

Twentieth Election District

Twenty-first Election District

Twenty-second Election District

Twenty-third Election District

Twenty-fourth Election District

Twenty-fifth Election District

Twenty-sixth Election District

Twenty-seventh Election District

Twenty-eighth Election District

Twenty-ninth Election District

Thirtieth Election District

Thirty-first Election District

Thirty-second Election District

Thirty-third Election District

Thirty-fourth Election District

Thirty-fifth Election District

Thirty-sixth Election District

Thirty-seventh Election District

Thirty-eighth Election District

Thirty-ninth Election District

Fortieth Election District

Forty-first Election District

Forty-second Election District

Forty-third Election District

Forty-fourth Election District

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Dec. 9, 1867: Georgia Constitutional Convention". Zinn Education Project. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c Journal of the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the people of Georgia : held in the City of Atlanta in the months of December, 1867, and January, February and March, 1868, and ordinances and resolutions adopted / published by order of the Convention. Augusta, Georgia: E. H. Pughe Book & Job Printer, 1868. Accessed January 18, 2023.

[:0-1] "Dec. 9, 1867: Georgia Constitutional Convention". Zinn Education Project. Retrieved 2023-01-18.

[:1-2] Journal of the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the people of Georgia : held in the City of Atlanta in the months of December, 1867, and January, February and March, 1868, and ordinances and resolutions adopted / published by order of the Convention. Augusta, Georgia: E. H. Pughe Book & Job Printer, 1868. Accessed January 18, 2023.

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