Ohio Constitutional Convention (1802)

The Enabling Act of 1802 was passed on April 30, 1802, by the Seventh Congress of the United States.

In doing so it also established the precedent and procedures for creation of future states in the western territories.

The Northwest Ordinance laid out the conditions for the creation of a state from a territory.

The Enabling Act of 1802 set forth the legal mechanisms and authorized the people of Ohio to begin this process.

Elections of delegates were held in the various counties of the Eastern District of the Northwest Territory in 1802, and the delegates met from November 1 to November 29, 1802, to choose a name for the state and draft a state constitution.