History and government of Indiana .. . ntywas elected Governor, Christopher Harrison of WashingtonCounty was elected Lieutenant Governor, and William Hendricksof Jefferson County was elected as Indianas Representative inCongress, only one Representative being allotted to the Stateowing to its small population. Governor Jennings called the General Assembly of the Stateto meet at Corydon in November, and that body elected as thefirst United States Senators from Indiana James Noble of FranklinCounty and Waller Taylor of Knox County. The Legislaturealso elected William H. Lilly as Auditor of State
History and government of Indiana .. . ntywas elected Governor, Christopher Harrison of WashingtonCounty was elected Lieutenant Governor, and William Hendricksof Jefferson County was elected as Indianas Representative inCongress, only one Representative being allotted to the Stateowing to its small population. Governor Jennings called the General Assembly of the Stateto meet at Corydon in November, and that body elected as thefirst United States Senators from Indiana James Noble of FranklinCounty and Waller Taylor of Knox County. The Legislaturealso elected William H. Lilly as Auditor of State, and DanielC. Lane as Treasurer of State, and named three Electors to castthe electoral vote of the new State for James Monroe for President. Such were the steps in the creation of the new State of work was all done by November, 1816, and a month laterCongress pronounced the work to be good and passed the finalact of admission, which was signed by President Madison De-cember II, 1816. 496 ELEMENTARY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT. The Convention at Corydon. The Constitutional conventionat Corydon was an historic assembly. Forty-three delegates wereelected from 13 counties. They met during the warm days ofJune, and many of their sessions were held under the wide-branching limbs of a great elm which still stands and is one ofthe historic sights of the State. Jonathan Jennings was Presidentof the convention and William Hendricks was the Secretary. The convention was com-posed mainly of clear-headed patriotic men ofgood common sense whobelieved in the princi-ples of the Declarationof Independence andthe Constitution of theUnited States. Our firstconstitution, which theydrew up, was a shortand simple contained a bill ofrights and set out aframework of govern-ment. A large part of itsprovisions were copied from the constitutions of Ohio and Ken-tucky, just as those constitutions had been copied from theconstitutions of Massachusetts and Virginia. So we see theinstitu
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