Texas state constitutional convention 1876
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Constitution
|
| gptkbp:completed |
February 15, 1876
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| gptkbp:controversy |
civil rights
land ownership voting rights local governance military organization economic recovery education funding taxation policies railroad regulation state debt management |
| gptkbp:date |
1876
|
| gptkbp:documentedIn |
official convention records
|
| gptkbp:duration |
approximately 4 months
|
| gptkbp:enactedBy |
Texas_voters
|
| gptkbp:established |
separation of powers
provisions for taxation railroad regulations provisions for state militia local government structures provisions for public debt voting rights provisions provisions for executive branch provisions for state legislature provisions for state judiciary provisions for amendments to the constitution public education provisions homestead_exemptions |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Texas state constitutional convention 1876
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
Reconstruction era policies
Texas_political_climate_of_the_1870s |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Texas
|
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:James_H._McCulloch
gptkb:John_H._Reagan gptkb:Richard_Coke |
| gptkbp:outcome |
Texas Constitution of 1876
|
| gptkbp:participants |
delegates from various counties
|
| gptkbp:performedBy |
gptkb:Governor_Richard_Coke
|
| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Texas_Constitution_of_1869
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
draft a new state constitution
|
| gptkbp:significance |
established a framework for state government
|
| gptkbp:succeededBy |
subsequent_amendments_to_the_Texas_Constitution
|