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The original constitution of Tennessee came into effect on June 1, 1796, concurrent with the state's admission to the Union. A second version of the constitution was adopted in 1835. A third constitution was adopted in 1870 and is the one still in use today, with subsequent amendments.
The following is a list of legislative terms of the Tennessee General Assembly, the law-making branch of government of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Tennessee became part of the United States on June 1, 1796 .
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Charles McClung (May 13, 1761 – August 9, 1835) was an American pioneer, politician, and surveyor best known for drawing up the original plat of Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1791. While Knoxville has since expanded to many times its original size, the city's downtown area still roughly follows McClung's 1791 grid.
If Tennessee's amendment 1 passes, it would cement the state's right-to-work law in the constitution, a move unions oppose and business leaders support.
Tennessee voters will have a chance to vote on four constitutional amendments this fall, ranging from union issues to an effort to strip antiquated slavery language from the state's guiding document.
Under the Tennessee Constitution, the speaker of the Senate is the first in the gubernatorial line of succession, and thus, Senter became governor following Brownlow's resignation. [ 5 ] Brownlow's radical policies of disfranchisement had left the state divided and had led to the rise of the Ku Klux Klan .