The convention was held from June 9, 1885 until August 3, 1885 in Tallahassee, Florida "for the purpose of reforming the "Carpetbag" Constitution of 1868", according to course literature from the University of Virginia.
[2] The agreed-upon constitution added a residency requirement, forbade a second consecutive term for the office of governor, made the cabinet[3] elected instead of appointed, and made many state and local offices elective.
It was "the model" of Florida's government until 1968 and "represented the regression to racial discrimination which was occurring throughout the South in the post-Reconstruction era period.
In 1930, the big counties of the time, containing Florida’s largest cities, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Miami, had a combined population of 451,977, and had nine representatives and three senators.
It was a major factor leading to the current Constitution of 1968, which changed apportionment.