Topic summary
Florida Constitution
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Constitution of Florida.
The 1865 Florida Constitution (not approved)
In October 1865, delegates met to revoke the Ordinance of Secession and write a new constitution. This constitution, since it limited suffrage to white male citizens, did not meet the requirements of Congress for seating delegates from the former Confederate states, and it was scrapped in favor of the Constitution of 1868.