[PAR] [TLE] Topeka Constitution [SEP] The Topeka Constitutional Convention met from October 23 to Nov 11, 1855 in Topeka, Kansas Territory at Constitution Hall.  It drafted the Topeka Constitution that would have banned slavery in Kansas.  The convention was organized by Free-Staters to counter the pro slavery Territorial legislature elected March 5, 1855 in polling suffering widely from electoral fraud and the intimidation of free state settlers. [PAR] [TLE] Lecompton Constitution [SEP] The Lecompton Constitution was the second of four proposed constitutions for the state of Kansas (it was preceded by the Topeka Constitution and was followed by the Leavenworth and Wyandotte Constitutions, the Wyandotte becoming the Kansas state constitution).  The document was written in response to the anti-slavery position of the 1855 Topeka Constitution of James H. Lane and other free-state advocates.  The territorial legislature, consisting mostly of slave-owners, met at the designated capital of Lecompton in September 1857 to produce a rival document.  Free-state supporters, who comprised a large majority of actual settlers, boycotted the vote.  President James Buchanan's appointee as territorial governor of Kansas, Robert J. Walker, although a strong defender of slavery, opposed the blatant injustice of the Constitution and resigned rather than implement it.  This new constitution enshrined slavery in the proposed state and protected the rights of slaveholders.  In addition, the constitution provided for a referendum that allowed voters the choice of allowing more slaves to enter the territory.
[PAR] [TLE] Topeka Constitution [ SEP ] The Topeka Constitutional Convention met from October 23 to Nov 11 , 1855 in Topeka , Kansas Territory at Constitution Hall . It drafted the Topeka Constitution that would have banned slavery in Kansas . The convention was organized by Free - Staters to counter the pro slavery Territorial legislature elected March 5 , 1855 in polling suffering widely from electoral fraud and the intimidation of free state settlers . [PAR] [TLE] Lecompton Constitution [ SEP ] The Lecompton Constitution was the second of four proposed constitutions for the state of Kansas ( it was preceded by the Topeka Constitution and was followed by the Leavenworth and Wyandotte Constitutions , the Wyandotte becoming the Kansas state constitution ) . The document was written in response to the anti - slavery position of the 1855 Topeka Constitution of James H. Lane and other free - state advocates . The territorial legislature , consisting mostly of slave - owners , met at the designated capital of Lecompton in September 1857 to produce a rival document . Free - state supporters , who comprised a large majority of actual settlers , boycotted the vote . President James Buchanan 's appointee as territorial governor of Kansas , Robert J. Walker , although a strong defender of slavery , opposed the blatant injustice of the Constitution and resigned rather than implement it . This new constitution enshrined slavery in the proposed state and protected the rights of slaveholders . In addition , the constitution provided for a referendum that allowed voters the choice of allowing more slaves to enter the territory .
The Lecompton Constitution was preceded by a constitution drafted during a convention organized by who?
The Lecompton Constitution was preceded by a constitution drafted during a convention organized by who ?
Free-Staters
Free-Staters