MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CONSTITUTION AL CONVENTION, 1802 CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1802. Authorized by an act of Congress 2 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 Cladwell, James Cutler, Ephraim Darlington, Joseph Donaldson, Israel Dunlavy, Francis Gatch, Philip Gilman, Benjamin I. Goforth, William Thomas Scott, Secretary. COUNTY Trumbull Fairfield Jeffersone Hamilton Fairfields Belmont Adams Adams Hamilton2 Clermont Grubb, James Washington4 Hamilton 2 Ross 2 United States Statutes at Large, vol. ii, 173.- ED. NAMES OF DELEGATES Humphrey, George COUNTY Jefferson Trumbull' Adams Hamilton Washington Ross Jefferson Hamilton Hamilton Washington Hamilton Sargent, James Smith, John Worthington, Thomas Clermont Hamilton Ross / Jefferson 6 Jefferson Hamilton Belmont/ Ross / |