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Site of Alabama’s
First Constitutional Convention
SITE - ALABAMA'S FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
Here, on July 5, 1819 forty-four dele­ gates from twenty-two Counties in the Alabama Territory met to frame a State Constitution which was accepted and signed August 2, 1819. Convention leadership was furnished by two Huntsvillians, John Will iams Walker, president, and Clement Comer Clay, chairman of a committee appointed to draft the document.
ALABAMA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 1965
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This Alabama Historical Association marker was sponsored by the Madison County Commission and erected in 1969. It is located on the northwest corner of Franklin Street and Gates Avenue in front of Constitution Village in Huntsville, Alabama. Constitution Village is open to the public and an admission fee is charged. References 1, 6, 10, 14, 26, 27, 33, 35, 41, 44, 55, 56, 59, 64, 68, 81, 87, and 95 contain additional details regarding Alabama’s first Constitutional Convention.