title: Delaware Constitution of 1831
text: # Delaware Constitution of 1831
  
  The Delaware Constitution of 1831 was the third governing document for the U.S. state of Delaware, replacing the Delaware Constitution of 1792, and was in effect from its adoption on December 2, 1831 until replaced on June 4, 1897 by the present state Constitution.
  
  The Convention convened on November 8, 1831 and adjourned December 2, 1831. Members of the Delaware Constitutional Convention of 1831 included:
  
  * Charles Polk Jr. (President)
  * Thomas Adams
  * John Caulk
  * John M. Clayton
  * Peter L. Cooper
  * Thomas Deakyne
  * Edward Dingle
  * William Dunning
  * John Elliott
  * James Fisher
  * Willard Hall
  * Thomas W. Handy
  * John Harlan
  * Charles H. Haughey
  * Hughitt Layton
  * James C. Lynch
  * James B. Macomb
  * Joseph Maull
  * Elias Naudain
  * Wiliam Nicholls
  * Samuel Ratcliff
  * John Raymond
  * George Read Jr.
  * Henry F. Rodney
  * James Rodgers
  * William Seal
  * Pressley Spruance, Jr.
  * William D. Waples
  