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The constitution settled the terms of Kansas' admission to the United States, particularly establishing that it would be a free state rather than a slave state. [1] The constitution represented a pragmatic compromise over hotly contested issues: it rejected slavery and affirmed separate property rights for married women and their right to participate in school elections, but also denied ...
The Wyandotte Constitution was approved by territorial referendum on October 4, 1859. In April 1860, the United States House of Representatives voted to admit Kansas under the Wyandotte Constitution. The Senate was still just as opposed to a new free state, and no action was taken until January 1861, when senators from the seceding slave states ...
Wyandotte County (/ ˈ w aɪ. ən d ɒ t /) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Kansas City, [3] with which it shares a unified government. As of the 2020 census, the population was 169,245, [1] making it Kansas's fourth-most populous county. The county was named after the Wyandot tribe.
The Wyandotte Constitution was approved in a referendum by a vote of 10,421 to 5,530 on October 4, 1859. In April 1860, the United States House of Representatives voted 134 to 73 to admit Kansas under the Wyandotte Constitution; however, Senators from slave-holding states resisted passing the measure in the United States Senate.
In the United States, the Wyandotte Nation is a federally recognized tribe headquartered in Wyandotte, Oklahoma. [4] There are also organizations that self-identify as Wyandot. The Wendat emerged as a confederacy of five nations in the St. Lawrence River Valley, especially in Southern Ontario, [ 1 ] including the north shore of Lake Ontario .
Constitution of Oregon (1 C, 2 P) P. ... Wyandotte Constitution; L. ... This page was last edited on 21 August 2019, at 16:46 (UTC).
In all, 10 candidates will be on the Aug. 2 primary ballot for district court judge. The six judges running unopposed are: Tim Dupree (Division 3) Bill Klapper (Division 6) Kathleen Lynch (Divison 10)
The United States House of Representatives approved this constitution in July 1856, but the Southern-dominated Senate refused to fully consider the document. Parts of the Topeka Constitution were incorporated in the Constitution of Kansas (the Wyandotte Constitution) drafted in 1859. [1] [2] [3]