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Texas adopts constitution
On this day in 1876, citizens of Texas adopted the Constitution of 1876. They ratified it by a vote of 136,606 to 56,652. The document is the sixth constitution by which Texas has been governed since declaring independence from Mexico. Among the longest of U.S. state constitutions, the Constitution of 1876 reflects the earlier influences of Spanish and Mexican rule, the state's predominantly agrarian nature in the late nineteenth century, and a resurgent Democratic party determined to undo many of the measures implemented by Republican administrations during Reconstruction. Despite having been amended more than 230 times, it remains the basic law of Texas today.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
- RECONSTRUCTION
- LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY TEXAS
- GOVERNMENT
- CONSTITUTION OF 1876
- CONSTITUTION OF 1869
- CONSTITUTION OF 1866
- CONSTITUTION OF 1861
- CONSTITUTION OF 1845
- SPANISH LAW
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- To read the text of the Constitution of 1876 or other Texas constitutions, visit the Texas Constitutions Digitization Project developed by the Jamail Center for Legal Research, Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas School of Law.
- Other Texas Day by Day Articles for This Date
- Lumberman predicts big future for El Paso (1880)
- Texas rancher murdered by Mexican troops (1914)
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