No man shall sit in congress longer than two years successively, nor be capable of reelection for three Years afterwards: and no person who holds any office in ...

The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 was, perhaps, the most democratic (and radical) of the state constitutions. The Pennsylvania Convention of 1776 was filled ...

The Pennsylvania Constitution, prefaced by a Preamble and Declaration of Rights, was framed by a specially elected convention that met from mid-July to the end ...

Pennsylvania has had four constitutions since declaring its independence from Great Britain in 1776. The first, which was written in 1776, established a ...

SECTION 1. The commonwealth or state of Pennsylvania shall be governedhereafter by an assembly of the representatives of the freemen of the same, ...

The people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the state; and as standing armies in the time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ...

Since 1776, Pennsylvania's Constitution has undergone five versions. Pennsylvania held constitutional conventions in 1776, 1789–90, 1837–38, 1872–73, and 1967– ...

The first constitution of Pennsylvania also lifted all restrictions on voting, and made provision for adding counties and reapportionment. The Declaration of ...

18 окт. 2024 г. · Includes the text of and index to the 1874, 1838, 1790, and 1776 Pennsylvania Constitutions. Also available in print.