▁of ▁ 1 8 0 5 ▁had ▁been ▁repe aled , ▁but ▁sla very ▁continued ▁to ▁exist ▁within ▁Indiana . ▁Two ▁major ▁fa ctions ▁emer ged . ▁An ▁anti - s la very / pro - dem ocracy ▁group ▁was ▁led ▁by ▁Jonathan ▁Jenn ings ▁and ▁his ▁supp or ters . ▁Form er ▁territorial ▁governor ▁and ▁future ▁U . S . ▁president ▁William ▁Henry ▁Harrison ' s ▁al lies ▁led ▁the ▁pro - s la very / less ▁dem ocr atic ▁group . ▁Supp or ters ▁of ▁Indiana ▁state hood ▁( the ▁pro - J enn ings ▁fa ction ) ▁fav ored ▁dem ocracy , ▁election ▁of ▁state ▁officials , ▁and ▁voting ▁representation ▁in ▁Congress . ▁Harrison ' s ▁al lies ▁supported ▁sla very ▁within ▁the ▁territory ▁and ▁maintain ing ▁Indiana ' s ▁territorial ▁status ▁with ▁a ▁feder ally - app oint ed ▁governor . ▁The ▁anti - s la very ▁fa ction ▁prepar ing ▁for ▁state hood ▁hoped ▁to ▁inst itute ▁a ▁constitution al ▁ban ▁on ▁sla very . ▁ ▁Constitution al ▁Convention ▁ ▁On ▁June ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 8 1 6 , ▁the ▁first ▁day ▁of ▁the ▁convention , ▁forty - two ▁deleg ates ▁conven ed ▁at ▁C ory don ▁to ▁discuss ▁state hood ▁for ▁Indiana . ▁The ▁convention ' s ▁forty - third ▁delegate , ▁Benjamin ▁Par ke , ▁did ▁not ▁arrive ▁until ▁June ▁ 1 4 . ▁Th irty - four ▁of ▁the ▁elected ▁deleg ates ▁agreed ▁on ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁state hood . ▁On ▁June