The State Constitutional

Convention Clearinghouse

U.S. states where the people can use a periodic state constitutional convention referendum
to bypass the legislature's gatekeeping power over constitutional amendment

State ConCon Ratification of the U.S. Constitution

Source: Lloyd Gordon, Ratification of the Constitution, TeachingAmericanHistory.org.  Accessed 1/25/2017.  http://teachingamericanhistory.org/ratification/overview/

Related Information:

  • State by state timeline of documents relating to the state constitutional conventions: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/ratification/timeline-state/#newyork

Proposed Amendments.

  • Massachusetts: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/ratification/elliot/vol2/massachusetts0206/#amendments
  • Maryland: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/ratification/elliot/vol2/maryland.html
  • New Hampshire: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/ratification/tansill/ratification-newhampshire/
  • Virginia: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/ratification/elliot/vol3/june27/
  • New York: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/ratification/timeline-state/#newyork
  • North Carolina: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/ratification/tansill/ratification-northcarolina/
  • Rhode Island: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/ratification/tansill/ratification-rhodeisland/