Constitution Of The Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania. Adopted December 16Th 1873

In 1873, Pennsylvania rewrote the rules of its own power. These words shaped a state. The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, adopted 16 December 1873, stands as a landmark historical state constitution, capturing a moment when Reconstruction era politics, industrial expansion and popular reform movements collided. Presented here in its primary source full text, this nineteenth century legal text lays out the Pennsylvania government charter in clear, formal language, defining ...