A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . t. Louis on Jime 12, 1820, andadjourned on July 19th. In the dining room of the old Man-sion House Hotel in St. Louis a constitution was framedand adopted. Thus, Missouri, the State, was born in a constitution was similar to the constitutions of Kentuckyand Illinois. It was never submitted to the people. It servedMissouri for forty-five years. Missouris first constitution was a strong one. It wasbrief, containing only about nine thousand words. Missour
A history of Missouri and Missourians; a text book for "class A" elementary grade, freshman high school, and junior high school .. . t. Louis on Jime 12, 1820, andadjourned on July 19th. In the dining room of the old Man-sion House Hotel in St. Louis a constitution was framedand adopted. Thus, Missouri, the State, was born in a constitution was similar to the constitutions of Kentuckyand Illinois. It was never submitted to the people. It servedMissouri for forty-five years. Missouris first constitution was a strong one. It wasbrief, containing only about nine thousand words. Missourispresent constitution has about thirty thousand words. Theformer laid down only general principles of government anddid not go into details. The government it provided forMissouri was similar to our present state government exceptthat the judges and a number of officials were to be appointedinstead of elected and that the legislature had more total cost of this constitution, including pay of the dele-gates, was only $8,000. These forty-one Fathers of theState did their work well. Missouris Struggle for Statehood n\. DAVID BARTON 72 History of Missouri and Missourians Some of these forty-one delegates were truly reniaknblemen. Among them were men who became United Statessenators, governors, and state supreme court judges. Thepresident of the convention was David Barton, an able lawyerand orator. He was one of Missouris first United Statessenators. Other men who became well known and who didmost to frame the constitution were John Rice Jones, DuffGreen, Edward Bates, Henry Dodge, John D. Cook, JonathanS. Findlay, Alexander McNair, and John Scott. The First State Election, August 1820 After the constitution was adopted, an election wasordered for electing a congressman, governor, lieutenantgovernor, state senators, and representatives. This elec-tion was held in August. The campaign was spirited. Thenewspapers carried campaign articles and the men running foroffice mad
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