Kansas Culture

City

Lecompton

Douglas County

Constitution Hall, Lecompton, Historic American Buildings Survey
Library of Congress / HABS; Public domain
Constitution Hall State Historic Site, Lecompton, Kansas
Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress; Public domain
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Constitution Hall in Lecompton housed the 1857 Lecompton Constitutional Convention, which drafted a proslavery constitution later defeated nationally. Lecompton, in Douglas County, was founded in 1854. The hall is on the National Register and is a National Historic Landmark.

Timeline

  1. 1855 From August 1855 to January 1861, Lecompton was the territorial capital of Kansas and a headquarters of proslavery elements in the territory. (Constitution Hall)
  2. 1856 Constitution Hall in Lecompton is the building where the Lecompton Constitutional Convention drafted a proslavery constitution during Bleeding Kansas. (Constitution Hall)
  3. 1857 The Lecompton Constitutional Convention reconvened at Constitution Hall on October 19, 1857; the resulting proslavery constitution was later rejected by Kansas voters. (Constitution Hall)

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Notes

Constitution Hall in Lecompton is the building where the Lecompton Constitutional Convention drafted a proslavery constitution during Bleeding Kansas. (Constitution Hall)

Constitution Hall at 315 Elmore Street in Lecompton housed territorial government functions, including the Lecompton Constitutional Convention. (Constitution Hall (HABS))

From August 1855 to January 1861, Lecompton was the territorial capital of Kansas and a headquarters of proslavery elements in the territory. (Constitution Hall)

The Lecompton Constitutional Convention reconvened at Constitution Hall on October 19, 1857; the resulting proslavery constitution was later rejected by Kansas voters. (Constitution Hall)

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