Delaware Constitution of 1831

The Delaware Constitution of 1831 was the third governing document for the U.S. state of Delaware, replacing the Delaware Constitution of 1792, and was in effect from its adoption on December 2, 1831, until replaced on June 4, 1897, by the present state Constitution.

The Convention convened on November 8, 1831, and adjourned December 2, 1831. Members of the Delaware Constitutional Convention of 1831 included:

• Charles Polk Jr. (President)
• Thomas Adams
• John Caulk
• John M. Clayton
• Peter L. Cooper
• Thomas Deakyne
• Edward Dingle
• William Dunning
• John Elliott
• James Fisher
• Willard Hall
• Thomas W. Handy
• John Harlan
• Charles H. Haughey
• Hughitt Layton
• James C. Lynch
• James B. Macomb
• Joseph Maull
• Elias Naudain
• Wiliam Nicholls
• Samuel Ratcliff
• John Raymond
• George Read Jr.
• Henry F. Rodney
• James Rodgers
• William Seal
• Pressley Spruance Jr.
• William D. Waples

References

• Hoffecker, Carol E. (2004). Democracy in Delaware. Cedar Tree Books, Wilmington. ISBN 1-892142-23-6.
• Munroe, John A. (1993). History of Delaware. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 0-87413-493-5.
• Martin, Roger A. (1984). A History of Delaware Through its Governors. McClafferty Press, Wilmington.
• Scharf, John Thomas. (1888). History of Delaware 1609–1888. 2 vols. L. J. Richards & Co., Philadelphia.
• Delaware Code Annotated (1975). Constitution of the State of Delaware. Michie Company, Charlottesville.

See also

• Delaware Constitution of 1776