MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CONSTITUTION AL CONVENTION, 1802 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1802. Authorized by an act of Congress passed April 30, 1802. The delegates, 35 in number, were elected October 12, 1802. The convention met in Chillicothe November 1, 1802, and continued in session until November 29, 1802, at which time the constitution was completed. It went into effect at once without being submitted to the electors. A proposition to so submit it was defeated in the convention by a vote of 7 to 27. Edward Tiffin, President. NAMES OF Delegates Abbot, David Abrams, Henry Thomas Scott, Secretary. COUNTY Trumbull Fairfield Jefferson Hamilton Byrd, Charles W. NAMES OF DELEGATES Humphrey, George Huntington, Samuel Kirker, Thomas Kitchel, John McIntire, John Massie, Nathaniel Milligan, John COUNTY Jefferson Trumbull Adams Hamilton Washington Ross Jefferson Hamilton Hamilton Washington Hamilton Sargent, James Clermont Smith, John Worthington, Thomas Hamilton Ross Jefferson Jefferson Hamilton Belmont Ross THE FIRST CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, 1802 We the people of the eastern division of the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio, having the right of admission into the general government as a member of the Union, consistent with the Constitution of the United States, the ordinance of Congress of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the law of Congress entitled "An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio to form a Constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States, and for other purposes;" in order to establish justice, promote the welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish the following Constitution or form of government; and do mutually agree with each other to form ourselves into a free and independent State, by the name of the STATE OF OHIO. ARTICLE I- [OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER] SECTION 1. The legislative authority of this State shall be vested in a GENERAL ASSEMBLY, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives, both to be elected by the people. SEC. 2. Within one year after the first meeting of the General Assembly, and within every subsequent term of |