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Beginning
“Ohio began with a Constitution that contained just over 6000 words, and in it’s nearly 5 decades of existence, was never amended” (Slideshow). -
Then
“Ohio’s Constitution had only eight articles, 106 sections and 6,265 words” (Slideshow). -
Second
“Ohio adopted second constitution, which was 50% longer than its predecessor At more than 9000 words. Ohioans touted that this Constitution was “of reasonable length, full and plain in its provisions, and well considered and well arranged by its authors, who embraced many of the wisest and soundest men of the state‘” (Slideshow). -
Middle
“Containing 16 articles, 168 and 9,447 words” (Slideshow). -
Next
After the 1873-74 Constitutional Convention, Ohio voted on whether to adopt it’s third Constitution, which totaled around 15,000 words. The proposed 1874 constitution was overwhelmingly rejected by a vote of 250, 169 to 102, 885, in part, because it was overly “complex” and it had “too much legislation in it’” (Slideshow). -
Decade
“The decade in which the most words were added to the Ohio Constitution by amendment was the 1910s, when 6,502 words were added in 40 amendments” (Slideshow). -
2000s
“During the 2000s, a decade in which only 10 amendments were adopted, increased the Ohio Constitution by 12,394 words—nearly twice as many as the 1910s and accomplished in one-fourth the amendments” (Slideshow). -
Currently
“The 1851 Constitution now contains over 50,000 words, making it the tenth longest state constitution in the United States and in a condition that does not produce the same praising words as it did in 1851” (Slideshow). -
Now
“18 articles, 224 sections and 53,421 words” (Slideshow).