Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Ohio Constitution Timeline

(work in progress)

 

 

1787

1802

 

 

1819

 

1849

1850-51

 

 

1871

1873-74

 

 

1891

 

1910

--1912-------

 

 

 

1952

1972

1992

 

2012

 

—Northwest Ordinance of 1787

—Constitutional Convention of 1802

     Ohio Constitution of 1802

 

—Call for constitutional convention failed.

 

—Call for constitutional convention passed

—Constitutional Convention of 1850-51

    Ohio Constitution of 1851

 

—Call for constitutional convention passed

—Constitutional Convention of 1873-74

    Constitution of 1873-74 rejected by voters

 

—Call for constitutional convention failed.

 

—Call for constitutional convention passed

—Constitutional Convention of 1912

    Voters approved 34 of 42 proposed 1912     amendments to the Ohio Constitution

 

—Call for constitutional convention failed

—Call for constitutional convention failed

—Call for constitutional convention failed

 

—Voters will be asked whether Ohio should hold a constitutional convention

 


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