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[[Category:Featured Article]]<indicator name="featured">[[File:Featured_article_star.svg|25px]]</indicator>[[File:Texas_Constitutional_Convention_1875_members.jpg| | [[Category:Featured Article]]<indicator name="featured">[[File:Featured_article_star.svg|25px]]</indicator>[[File:Texas_Constitutional_Convention_1875_members.jpg|100px|border|right|members Constitutional Convention of 1875]]''Summary: Article provides brief introduction to current state constitution and links to other pages that contain text of and analysis on each section.'' | ||
The Texas Constitution of 1876 is the fifth since statehood. Framed by the Constitutional Convention of 1875, it was approved by Texas voters on February 15, 1876. | The Texas Constitution of 1876 is the fifth since statehood. Framed by the Constitutional Convention of 1875, it was approved by Texas voters on February 15, 1876. | ||
It originally had 289 sections. Over the years, | It originally had 289 sections. Over the years, 234 sections have been added. However, 66 of the original sections and 52 of the added sections have been repealed. | ||
On TLG, the preamble, each article and each section of the state constitution has its own page: | On TLG, the preamble, each article and each section of the state constitution has its own page: |