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Nevada's first constitutional convention was in 1863. [1] The Nevada Constitution was created in 1864 at a convention on July 4 in Carson City.The convention adjourned on July 28, was approved by public vote on the first Wednesday in September, and became effective on October 31, when on that date President Abraham Lincoln declared Nevada to be a state.
The History of Nevada as a state began when it became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, after telegraphing the Constitution of Nevada to the Congress days before the November 8 presidential election (the largest and costliest transmission ever by telegraph).
The legislature of the U.S. state of Nevada has convened many times since statehood became effective on October 31, 1864. It continues to operate under the amended Constitution of Nevada of 1864 . [ 1 ]
Signature page for the telegraph transmission of the first Nevada State Constitution, October 1864. The handwritten annotation at the bottom shows the word count (16,543) and cost ($4303.27). Prior to the Civil War, the geographic area that makes up present-day Nevada belonged to several different U.S. territories .
The Guarantee Clause of Article 4 of the Constitution states that "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government." These two provisions indicate states did not surrender their wide latitude to adopt a constitution, the fundamental documents of state law, when the U.S. Constitution was adopted.
This amendment passed with 60.6% of Nevadans’ support, removing the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a criminal punishment. Only seven other states have this provision in their state ...
Under state law, even if the measure passes in November, voters would need to approve it again in 2026 before the Nevada constitution is formally amended. New York
Nevada State Capitol in 1875. For seven years after Nevada's admission as a U.S. state in 1864, the Nevada Legislature did not have a proper meeting place. In 1869, the Legislature passed the State Capitol Act, signed into law by Governor Henry G. Blasdel, providing $100,000 for the construction of a capitol building. [15]