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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.
17th Tennessee General Assembly [Wikidata] 1827 18th Tennessee General Assembly [Wikidata] 1829 19th Tennessee General Assembly [Wikidata] 1831 20th Tennessee General Assembly [Wikidata] 1833 Tennessee Constitution of 1834 [citation needed] 21st Tennessee General Assembly [Wikidata] 1835 22nd Tennessee General Assembly [Wikidata] 1837
This list includes Judges of the Tennessee Superior Court (1796–1809) and Judges of the Tennessee Court of Errors and Appeals (1810-1835). [1] These high courts were created before the 1835 Tennessee constitution, which established the Supreme Court and made the Judiciary an independent branch of government.
The 1835 state constitution mandated that the General Assembly choose a permanent capital. In 1843, Nashville was chosen as the capital. [3] On October 7, 1843, the Tennessee General Assembly declared Nashville as the state's permanent capital, and planning for a statehouse began shortly thereafter.
On matters of faith, the Tennessee State Constitution goes even further: ... (1835 and 1840) Aitken Bible (1782) Papers of President Andrew Jackson "Roots," Alex Haley (1977)
The assignments of counties can be changed by the state legislature, but few changes to the boundaries between the Grand Divisions have been made since the earliest legal reference to them, in The Acts of Tennessee 1835-1836, Chapter 3, "An Act to establish a Supreme Court in pursuance of the 2nd sec., art. 6, of the Constitution of the United ...
Under the Tennessee Constitution, the right to bear arms is a right of citizenship. Specifically, Article I Section 26 of the Tennessee Constitution states, ‘That the citizens of this State have ...
In 1835, Jackson became the only president to pay off the national debt. ... He was elected as a delegate to the Tennessee constitutional convention in 1796. [45]