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Indiana: Constitutional Convention


Delegates to State Constitutional Convention, 1816-51 (May be incomplete!)
Patrick Beard 1816 Samuel Hall 1850-51 Jefferson Helm 1850-51 Melchert Helmer 1850-51 David Kilgore 1850-51 Smith Miller 1850-51 John Pettit 1850-51 Hiram Prather 1850-51 James Rariden 1850-51 Thomas Smith 1850-51 Alexander Campbell Stevenson 1850-51

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1850: Charles W. Cathcart, defeated; James Harrison Cravens, defeated; Elijah Van Sandt, defeated; Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain, defeated; William Mitchell, defeated; John Pitcher, defeated.

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