CONVENTION RESOLUTION.
1Convention to amend the Constitution.
Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, That it be recommended to the electors of this State, at the next general election for members of the General Assembly, to vote for or against a convention to amend the Constitution of this State.
W. L. D. EWING,Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. H. ANDERSON,
Speaker of the Senate.
1On December 16, 1840, John J. Hardin introduced the resolution in the House of Representatives. The House adopted the resolution the same day, by a vote of 66 yeas to 22 nays,
Abraham Lincoln voting yea. On January 11, 1841, the Senate adopted the resolution by a vote of 28 yeas to 9 nays.
Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 125-126, 211, 421; Journal of the Senate of the Twelfth General Assembly of the State of Illinois (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1840), 107, 126, 152.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 359,