Composite of the delegates, officers, and attachés of the constitutional convention, 1890-1891. Cassius M. Clay, Jr. (top center) served as president of the convention. Photo by H.G. Mattern, KHS Collections.
An “Act for taking the sense of the good people of the Commonwealth as to the necessity and expediency of calling a convention to amend the Constitution, and to provide for ascertaining the number of citizens entitled to vote for Representatives within this State” passed the legislature and was approved on January 20, 1888. A similar bill had passed in 1886 and had been submitted to the people in an election held in August 1887. Voters had approved calling a convention, but under the constitution they had to do so at two separate elections. This action ultimately resulted in calling the 1890 constitutional convention and the adoption of a new constitution in 1891.
Composite of the delegates, officers, and attachés of the constitutional convention, 1890-1891. Cassius M. Clay, Jr. (top center) served as president of the convention. Photo by H.G. Mattern, KHS Collections.
