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1. This week’s edition of #50Weeks50Constitutions explores the constitutional history of Wisconsin, the land of milk and cheese, or so I’m told. Wisconsin is unusual as it is one of the few states to only have had a single approved constitution.
2. While Wisconsinites have only approved one constitution, they rejected the first draft sent to them in 1847. This constitution was rejected because of three controversial provisions borrowed, in part, from the Texas Constitution.
3. The three provisions concerned the chartering of banks, the protection of some real property from execution during bankruptcy, and the protection of property rights for married women. The drafters learned from this and did not concretely address the issues in the next version.
