Portal:Constitutions of the United States

The federal constitution of 1787

Federal

Legislation

• The Articles of Association (1774)
• The Declaration of Independence (4 July 1776)
  • Draft version (28 June 1776)
  • Engrossed version (2 August 1776)
• Articles of Confederation (1777)
• The Northwest Ordinance (1787)
• Constitution of the United States of America (signed 1787; ratified 1788)
  • Virginia Plan (29 May 1787)
  • Pinckney Plan (29 May 1787)
  • New Jersey Plan (15 June 1787)
  • Hamilton Plan (18 June 1787)
  • Revised Virginia Plan (19 June 1787)
  • Third Virginia Plan (26 July 1787)
  • Draft version (6 August 1787)
• United States Bill of Rights (1789)
• Additional amendments (1795-1992)

Related works

• Criticism on the Declaration of Independence, As a Literary Document, by Mon Droit (1846)

See also

• Portal:Unsuccessful attempts to amend the United States Constitution

Individual states

Alabama

• Alabama Constitution (1819)
• Constitution of Alabama of 1861
• Constitution of Alabama of 1865
• Constitution of Alabama of 1867
• Constitution of Alabama of 1875
• Alabama State Constitution of 1901 (last amended 2018)
• Alabama State Constitution of 2022

Alaska

• Constitution of the State of Alaska (1956)

Arizona

• Arizona Constitution

Arkansas

• Arkansas Constitution of 1836
• Arkansas Constitution of 1861
• Arkansas Constitution of 1864
• Arkansas Constitution of 1868
• Arkansas Constitution of 1874

California

• Act for Admission of California
• Constitution of California of 1849
• California Constitution

Colorado

• Constitution of the State of Colorado

Connecticut

• Fundamental Orders (14 January 1639)
• Government of New Haven Colony (1643)
• Charter of Connecticut (1662)
• Constitution of Connecticut of 1818
• Connecticut Constitution

Delaware

• Charter of Delaware (1701)
• Constitution of Delaware (1776)
• Constitution of Delaware (1792)
• Constitution of Delaware (1831)
• Constitution of Delaware (1897)

Florida

• Constitution of the State of Florida (1838)
• Constitution of the State of Florida (1861) (CSA)
• Constitution of the State of Florida (1865) (Reconstruction)
• Constitution of the State of Florida (1868) (Post-reconstruction)
• Constitution of the State of Florida (1885)
• Constitution of the State of Florida (1968)
• Constitution of the Republic of East Florida (1812)

Georgia

• Charter of Georgia (1732)
• Georgia State Constitution (1777)
• Georgia State Constitution (1789)
• Georgia State Constitution (1798)
• Georgia State Constitution (1861)
• Georgia State Constitution (1865)
• Georgia State Constitution (1868)
• Georgia State Constitution (1877)
• Georgia State Constitution (1945)
• Georgia State Constitution (1976)
• Constitution of the State of Georgia (1983)

Hawaii

• 1840 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
• 1852 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
• 1864 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii
• 1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii (Bayonet Constitution)
• Proposed 1893 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
• 1894 Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii
• Hawaiian Organic Act (1900)
• 1950 Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi

Idaho

• Constitution of the State of Idaho (1889)
• Constitution of the State of Idaho (2017)

Illinois

• Illinois Constitution of 1818
• Illinois Constitution of 1848
• Illinois Constitution of 1870
• Illinois Constitution of 1970 (current)

Indiana

• Indiana Constitution (1816)
• Indiana Constitution (1851)

Iowa

• 1844 Proposed Constitution of the State of Iowa
• 1846 Constitution of the State of Iowa
• 1857 Constitution of the State of Iowa — Original
• 1857 Constitution of the State of Iowa — Codified

Kansas

• Topeka Constitution (1855)
• Lecompton Constitution (1857)
• Leavenworth Constitution (1858)
• Wyandotte Constitution (1859)
• Kansas Constitution (1859) (As amended 2019)

Kentucky

• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky of 1792
• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky of 1799
• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky of 1850
• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky of 1891

Louisiana

• Louisiana State Constitution of 1812
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1845
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1852
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1861
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1864
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1868
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1879
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1913
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1921
• Louisiana State Constitution (1974)

Maine

• Constitution of the State of Maine (2013 Arrangement)

Maryland

• Charter of Maryland (1632)
• Maryland Constitution of 1776
• Maryland Constitution of 1851
• Maryland Constitution of 1864
• Maryland Constitution of 1867 (original)
• Constitution of Maryland (1867, as amended 2022)

Massachusetts

• Charter of New England (1620)
• Agreement Between the Settlers at New Plymouth (1620)
• Charter of Plymouth (1629)
• Charter of Massachusetts Bay (1629)
• Act of Surrender of the Great Charter of New England to His Majesty (1635)
• Bradford's Surrender of the Patent of Plymouth to the Freemen (1640)
• Commission of Sir Edmund Andros for the Dominion of New England (1688)
• Charter of Massachusetts Bay (1691)
• Explanatory Charter of Massachusetts Bay (1725)
• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1780)

Michigan

• Michigan Constitution of 1835
• Michigan Constitution of 1850
• Michigan Constitution of 1908
• Michigan Constitution of 1963

Minnesota

• Minnesota Organic Act of 1849
• Constitution of the State of Minnesota (1857)

Mississippi

• Mississippi Constitution (1817)
• Mississippi Constitution (1832)
• Mississippi Constitution (1868)
• Mississippi Constitution (1890)

Missouri

• Constitution of the State of Missouri (1820)
• Constitution of the State of Missouri (1865)
• Constitution of the State of Missouri (1875)
• Constitution of the State of Missouri (1945)

Montana

• 1889 Constitution of the State of Montana
• 1972 Constitution of the State of Montana

Nebraska

• Nebraska Constitution of 1866
• Nebraska Constitution of 1875 (The "Grasshopper Constitution")
• Nebraska Constitution (Current)

Nevada

• Constitution of Nevada (Incomplete)

New Hampshire

• Constitution of New Hampshire (1776)
• Constitution of New Hampshire (1784)
• Constitution of New Hampshire (1793)
• New Hampshire Constitution (As amended 1990)

New Jersey

• Concession and Agreement (1664)
• New Jersey Constitution of 1776
• New Jersey Constitution of 1844
• New Jersey Constitution of 1947

New Mexico

• Constitution of the State of New Mexico

New York

• New York Constitution of 1777
• New York Constitution of 1821
• New York Constitution of 1846
• New York Constitution of 1894
• New York Constitution of 1938
• New York Constitution as of 2004

North Carolina

• Charter of Carolina (1663)
• A Declaration and Proposals of the Lord Proprietor of Carolina, Aug. 25–Sept. 4, 1663
• Concessions and Agreements of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina (1665)
• Charter of Carolina (1665)
• Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (1669)
• The Mecklenburgh Resolutions (1775)
• North Carolina State Constitution of 1776
• North Carolina State Constitution of 1868
• North Carolina State Constitution of 1876
• North Carolina State Constitution (1971)

North Dakota

• Constitution of North Dakota

Ohio

• Ohio Constitution of 1802
• Ohio Constitution of 1851 (Incomplete)

Oklahoma

• Constitution of Oklahoma

Oregon

• Constitution of Oregon

Pennsylvania

• Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania (1681)
• Concessions to the Province of Pennsylvania (1681)
• Penn's Charter of Liberties (1682)
• Frame of Government of Pennsylvania (1682)
• Frame of Government of Pennsylvania (1683)
• Frame of Government of Pennsylvania (1696) (Markham's Frame)
• Charter of Privileges for Pennsylvania (1701)
• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of 1776
• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of 1790
• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of 1838
• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of 1874
• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1968)

Rhode Island

• Plantation Agreement at Providence (1640)
• Government of Rhode Island (1641)
• Patent for Providence Plantations (1643)
• Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1663)
• Constitution of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1842)
• Constitution of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1984)

South Carolina

• Constitution of South Carolina of 1776
• Constitution of South Carolina of 1778
• Constitution of South Carolina of 1790
• Declaration of the Causes of Secession
• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution of South Carolina of 1861
• Constitution of South Carolina of 1865
• Constitution of South Carolina of 1868
• Constitution of South Carolina (1895)

South Dakota

• Constitution of South Dakota

Tennessee

• Watauga Petition
• Tennessee State Constitution (1796)
• Tennessee State Constitution (1835)
• Tennessee State Constitution (1870)
• Tennessee State Constitution (1870, Revised 2014)

Texas

• Constitution of Coahuila and Texas (1827)
• Texas Declaration of Independence (1836)
• Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836)
• Constitution of the State of Texas of 1845
• Constitution of the State of Texas of 1861
• Constitution of the State of Texas of 1866
• Constitution of the State of Texas of 1869
• Constitution of Texas

Utah

• Constitution of Utah

Vermont

• Constitution of Vermont (1777)
• Constitution of Vermont (1786)
• Constitution of the State of Vermont (1793)

Virginia

• Charter of Virginia, 1606
• Charter of Virginia, 1609
• Charter of Virginia, 1611
• Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
• Constitution of Virginia, 1776
• Constitution of Virginia, 1830
• Constitution of Virginia, 1851
• Constitution of Virginia, 1864
• Constitution of Virginia, 1870
• Constitution of Virginia, 1902
• Constitution of Virginia, 1971 (Incomplete)

Washington

• Washington State Constitution

West Virginia

• Constitution of West Virginia of 1861–63
• West Virginia State Constitution

Wisconsin

• Constitution of Wisconsin

Wyoming

• Constitution of the State of Wyoming (1889) (as published in 2008)

U.S. territories and federal district

American Samoa

• Revised Constitution of American Samoa

Guam

• Guam Organic Act of 1950

Northern Mariana Islands

• Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (1978)

Puerto Rico

• Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (1952)

Virgin Islands of the United States

• Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands

Washington, D.C.

• District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (1973)