I. INTRODUCTION
II. A DEFINITION
III. THE CONSTITUTION MAKERS
IV. SQUATTER CONSTITUTIONS
V. THE TERRITORY OF WISCONSIN
VI. THE TERRITORY OF IOWA
VII. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE TERRITORY
VIII. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE TERRITORY AMENDED
XI. AGITATION FOR A STATE CONSTITUTION
X. THE CONVENTION OF 1844
XI. THE CONSTITUTION OF 1844
XII. THE CONSTITUTION OF 1844 SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS
XIII. THE CONSTITUTION OF 1844
DEBATED AND DEFEATED BY THE PEOPLE
XIV. THE CONSTITUTION OF 1844 REJECTED A SECOND TIME
XV. THE CONVENTION OF 1846
XVI. THE CONSTITUTION OF 1846
XVII. THE NEW BOUNDARIES
XVIII. THE ADMISSION OF IOWA INTO THE UNION
XIX. THE CONVENTION OF 1857
XX. THE CONSTITUTION OF 1857
_AN HISTORICAL ESSAY_
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