Iowa Heritage Digital Collections
State Library of Iowa

Iowa Constitution, 1857 [Enhanced]

Title

Iowa Constitution, 1857 [Enhanced]

Description

A constitutional convention convened in Iowa City on January 19, 1857 ending on March 5, 1857. The convention drafted and approved the Constitution of Iowa. This constitution is the still in use today by the State of Iowa. It has been amended many times from 1868 thru 2010.

Date

1857

Format

Digitized document

Type

Document

File Name

IowaConstitution1857enhancedextracted.pdf

Repository

Iowa Library Services

Repository Collection

Iowa Publications Online

Digital Reproduction Information

24.5 MB

Contact information.

Iowa Library Services - phone 515-281-4102. Email: is@lib.state.ia.us

Digital item created

2014-08-15

Notes

This version of the Constitution of Iowa has been enhanced to darken the handwritten text and the covers and blank pages have been omitted. Only the handwritten text is included.

Transcription

To read a print version, see this item in the collection
iowa_constitution_1857002(1).pdf