Excerpt from Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, Vol. 3: Embracing the Third and Fourth Biennial Report, 1883-1885 I propose to speak in this address upon that movement in the history of the Territory of Kansas which resulted in the formation and adoption of what is known as the Leavenworth Constitution. Four constitutions were framed as the organic law, before this State was admitted to the Union. The Topeka Constitution, which was the first in order, was adopted by the convention which framed it, on the 11th day of November, 1855, and by the people of the Territory at an election held December 15, 1855. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.