Constitution of 1851 as originally written
The text is taken from Constitution Making in Indiana, Vol. I, which is a source book of constitutional documents with historical introduction and critical notes, by Charles Kettleborough, Ph. D., published in 1916 and reprinted by the Indiana Historical Bureau in Indianapolis in 1971.
- Constitution of 1851 - Preamble
- Article 1 - Bill of Rights
- Article 2 - Suffrage and Election
- Article 3 - Distribution of Powers
- Article 4 - Legislative
- Article 5 - Executive
- Article 6 - Administrative
- Article 7 - Judicial
- Article 8 - Education
- Article 9 - State Institutions
- Article 10 - Finance
- Article 11 - Corporations
- Article 12 - Militia
- Article 13 - Negroes and Mulattoes
- Article 14 - Boundaries
- Article 15 - Miscellaneous
- Article 16 - Amendments
- Delegates' Signature pages
- Constitutional Provisions Proposed, Considered and Rejected by the Convention
- Schedule
- Address to the Electors of the State (February 8, 1851)
- Act Requiring Governor to Give Notice of Deposition of Constitution with Secretary of State, and Election for Ratification of Constitution (February 14, 1851)
- Proclamation by the Governor of Indiana, February 25, 1851
