the topeka constitution was written before the lecompton constitution. the leavenworth and wyandotte constitutions were written after the lecompton constitution. the wyandotte consitution became the kansas state constitution. the document was written in response to the anti-slavery 1855 topeka constitution. that constitution was written by james h. lane and other free-state people. the territorial legislature was filled mostly with slave owners. they met at the chosen capital of lecompton in september 1857. they met there to write a document that would compete against the other constitutions. most actual settlers were anti-slavery. they [boycott]ed the vote. territorial governor of kansas, robert j. walker, was very pro-slavery. however, he was against the obvious unfairness of the constitution. he quit being governor so he did not have to enforce it.