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Creation of the Ohio Constitution
Began with about 6,000 words and lasted for almost 50 years before it was amended.
Only had 8 articles (106 sections) -
Second Constitution
A new constitution was written, with an addition of more than 4000 words, making it 50% longer than the first constituion.
Has a total of 9,447 words, 16 articles (168 sections). -
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Constitutional Convention
Voted for a third consitition -
Third Consitution
Was overwhelmingly rejected by its voters as it was "overly complex".
It's word count totaled around 15,000. -
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Addition of Amendments
The decade in which the most amount of words were added to the Ohio Constitution, totaling to 6,502 in 40 amendments. -
1912 Consitutional Convention
34 amendments were adopted, adding almost 7,000 words to the Constitution. -
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Addition of Amendments
Although only 10 amendments were added, the total word count greatly increased by a total of 12,394, which is almost double the amount added during the 1910's.
This marks a shift in how Ohio writes its amendments. -
Present Day
The constitution of 1851 remains to be Ohio's Constitution today.
Containing over 50,000 words, it is 5.5 times longer than its original length. and more than 8.5 times longer than the Consitution of 1802.
