Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1867–1868

The 1867–1868 Georgia State Constitutional Convention was held for the purpose of constructing a constitution for the state following the end of the American Civil War.

Held in Atlanta, the convention started on December 9, 1867 and ran through March 1868.

[1] It was the first constitutional convention to involve the participation of African-American delegates.

It created a new constitution for Georgia that included suffrage for African-American males; this was a mandate of the congressional Reconstruction Acts.

[1] Delegates to the convention were elected by district.