Ohio's first constitution was adopted in 1802. The Constitution of 1851, as amended, is the current governing document.
The text of the current and previous Ohio Constitutions are located:
Federal and State Constitutions of the United States, 2d ed.
Benjamin Perley Poore
Reference KF4530 .65 1972
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Federal and State Constitutions Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States,Territories, and Colonies Now or Heretofore Forming the United States of America, 1909.
Ohio Constitution - Print
Baldwin's Ohio Revised Code - West (stack 204)
Call Number: KFO 30 1994 .A2
The Ohio Constitution is in separate volumes at the front of the set.
Provides annotations
Page's Ohio Revised Code - LexisNexis (stack 204)
Call Number: KFO 30 1953 .P3
The Ohio Constitution is in separate volumes at the front of the set.
Provides annotations
Ohio Constitution - Online
Ohio Constitution via Lexis, Westlaw and Casemaker
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The Ohio Constitution is part of Baldwin's Ohio Revised Code Annotated. Browse the Table of Contents or search the database.
Prestatehood Legal Materials by Michael G. Chiorazzi et al
Call Number: Reference KF240 P688 2005
Publication Date: 2005
The Ohio State Constitution by Steven H. Steinglass; Gino J. Scarselli
Call Number: KFO401 1851 A6 S74 2004
Publication Date: 2004
This work provides an introductory essay outlining the history of the Ohio State Constitution as well as a section-by-section commentary on the Constitution. Tables listing changes to the Constitution as well a complete list of all proposed amendments to the Constitution from 1851 to the present are included.