On This Day In Alabama History: Constitutional Convention Delegates Finish Work

Alabama News Center | August 2, 2019 @ 5:00 am

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

The U.S. Congress selected Huntsville to host the first Constitutional Convention of Alabama. Delegates to the convention drafted the document in Walker Allen’s cabinet shop from July 5 through Aug. 2, 1819. The building became a historic landmark, having served as the inauguration site of the state’s first governor, William Wyatt Bibb, and the meeting place for the newly created Alabama Legislature.

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