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The Constitution of the State of Illinois is the governing document of the state of Illinois. There have been four Illinois Constitutions; the fourth and current version was adopted in 1970. The current constitution is referred to as the "Constitution of Illinois of 1970" or less formally as the "1970 Constitition." The document is still referred to as the "Constitution of Illinois of 1970" even though there have been amendments to it after 1970. ==Convention of 1818== When statehood for Illinois was approved on April 18, 1818, the U.S. Congress approved the formation of a state constitution. An election for delegates to a state constitutional convention was scheduled for July 6, 1818. All white male U.S. citizens who had resided in the Illinois Territory for at least six months prior to the election, or whom were otherwise qualified to vote for representation, were permitted to vote. The main topics of the election were whether it was sensible to have a constitution at that time and, if so, whether to form it and how to select appropriate representatives to frame it. Madison, St. Clair, and Gallatin counties were allocated three delegates each, while all other counties were allocated two delegates each. Delegates elected were to attend a meeting at Kaskaskia on August 3. Any record of this election has been lost and it is uncertain where the subsequent meeting was held. However, John Reynolds later noted that the meeting was largely peaceful although there were questions about how to handle slavery. Delegation members were:〔 Bond County *Thomas Kirkpatrick, judge of the county court *Samuel G. Morse, sheriff Madison County *Abraham Prickett, merchant *Joseph Borough, first lieutenant in the War of 1812 *Benjamin Stephenson, former U.S. Representative St. Clair County *Jesse B. Thomas, U.S. district attorney *James Lemen, Jr., Baptist minister *John Messinger, surveyor, former Indiana Territory legislator Washington County *Andrew Bankson, colonel in the War of 1812 *John K. Mangham, died shortly after arrival and otherwise unknown Monroe County *Caldwell Cairns, physician and former judge of the St. Clair County court *Enoch Moore, captain in the War of 1812, county judge of probate Randolph County *Elias Kane, judge of the Illinois Territory Eastern Circuit *George Fisher, physician, sheriff, former Indiana Territory and Illinois Territory legislator Jackson County *Conrad Will, salt manufacturer *James Hall, War of 1812 veteran Johnson County *William McFatridge, unknown origin *Hezeziah West, unknown origin Union County *John Whiteaker, jurist *William Echols, unknown origin Pope County *Samuel Omelveny, county treasurer, produce transporter *Hamlet Ferguson, sheriff, militia captain Franklin County *Thomas Roberts, captain in the War of 1812 *Isham Harrison, unknown origin Galltin County *Michael Jones, former Kaskaskia land official *Leonard White, salt trader, colonel of the Illinois Militia *Adolphus F. Hubbard, politician White County *Willis Hargrave, Illinois Territory legislator, salt trader, captain in the War of 1812 *William McHenry, captain in the War of 1812 Edwards County *Seth Gard, judge of the county court, Illinois Territory legislator *Levi Compton, county treasurer Crawford County *Edward N. Cullom, farmer, justice of the peace, county commissioner *Joseph Kitchell, politician 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Constitution of Illinois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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