the incumbent Governor, the other year in the first half of the term of the succeeding Governor. Constitutional Convention of 1867–1868 According to the Constitution of 1846, twenty years after its elaboration the electorate was asked if they wanted a constitutional convention to be held, which was answered in the affirmative at the New York state election, 1866 with 352,854 votes for, and 256,364 against the convention. On April 23, 1867, the delegates were elected, and the convention had a small Republican majority. The convention met in June at Albany, New York, adjourned on September 23, met again on November 12, and adjourned again in February 1868. Afterwards the draft was discussed in the New York State Legislature for another year and a half, the questions being if to vote for the whole Constitution or separately for some or all articles. In the end, the new Constitution was rejected by the voters at the New York state election, 1869, with 223,935 votes for and 290,456 against it. The Republican Party advocated the adoption, the Democrats the rejection of the new proposed Constitution of 1867-68, and by 1869 the Democrats had a majority in the State. Only the "Judicial Article" which re-organized the New York Court of Appeals was adopted by a small majority, with 247,240 for and 240,442 against it. William A. Wheeler presided. Waldo Hutchins, William M. Evarts, George Opdyke, George William Curtis, Horace Greeley, Ira Harris, Martin I. Townsend, Charles Andrews, Charles J. Folger, Augustus Frank, Augustus Schell, Henry C. Murphy, Homer A. Nelson, David L. Seymour, George F. Comstock, John Magee, Sanford E. Church, Marshall B. Champlain, Teunis G. Bergen, William D. Veeder, John G. Schumaker, Stephen J. Colahan, Elbridge T. Gerry, Gideon J. Tucker, Samuel J. Tilden, Edwards Pierrepont, James Brooks, William Hitchman, Abraham B. Tappen, B. Platt Carpenter, Erastus Corning, Amasa J. Parker, Marius Schoonmaker, Edwin A. Merritt, Leslie W. Russell, Thomas G. Alvord, Horatio Ballard, Hobart Krum, Ezra Graves, Elbridge G. Lapham, Frank Hiscock, Seth Wakeman, and Israel T. Hatch were among the delegates. The changes in this version of the constitution were: The New York Court of Appeals was totally re-organized. Instead of eight Judges, four elected statewide and four selected from the New York Supreme Court, it had now one Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals and six Associate Judges, all elected statewide. The Clerk of the New York