Alabama's 1819 Constitution

In 1819, the Alabama Territorial Legislature approved the new state's first Constitution in Huntsville, Madison County. Shown here is an image of the original title page of the document.

First page of the handwritten 1819 Constitution of Alabama, headed “Constitution of Alabama” and beginning “We the people of the Alabama Territory.”

Photo courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Territorial Legislature

Alabama Territorial Legislature

First page of the handwritten 1819 Constitution of Alabama, headed “Constitution of Alabama” and beginning “We the people of the Alabama Territory.”