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Lecompton Constitution
| September 7, 1857 | The Lecompton (KS) Convention, a pro-slave constitutional convention convenes | Kansas |
| October 19, 1857 | Proslavery factions reconvene the Lecompton Constitutional Convention to draft a document | Kansas |
| November 7, 1857 | The Lecompton (KS) Constitutional Convention adopts a pro-slavery constitution and approves a ratification election on December 21, 1857 | Kansas |
| December 7, 1857 | Free-state congress calls for a third option in voting on the Lecompton Constitution - rejection of the document. | Kansas |
| December 8, 1857 | James Buchanan announces he supports the Lecompton Constitution in a message to the Senate | Kansas |
| James Buchanan | ||
| December 9, 1857 | Breaking with the Democrats, Stephen Douglas announces he is against the Lecompton Constitution | Kansas |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| December 17, 1857 | The Free-state legislature adds a third option to the Lecompton ratification vote: reject the Lecompton Constitution. This is not on the ballot of Dec. 21 | Kansas |
| December 21, 1857 | Lecompton Constitution ratification vote. Voters were not voting for the Constitution, rather they were voting for the Constitution with slavery or the Constitution without slavery. With freestaters waiting for the vote on January 4, pro-slavery factions easily carry the vote | Kansas |
| Kansas becomes a state | ||
| January 4, 1858 | A second ratification vote is held for the Lecompton Constitution. The Free-staters reject the Lecompton Constitution. | Kansas |
| February 2, 1858 | President Buchanan reiterates his support of the Lecompton Constitution to the Senate, which accepts the document 32-25 over the objections of Stephen Douglas | Kansas |
| James Buchanan | ||
| English Bill | ||
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| April 23, 1858 | In an attempt to force the acceptance of the Lecompton Constitution, a joint committee of Congress drafts the English Bill. | Kansas |
| Alexander Stephens | ||
| William Seward | ||
| English Bill | ||
| August 2, 1858 | In a straight up or down vote required by the U. S. Congress for admission, the Lecomption Constitution as modified by the English Bill is overwhelmingly defeated. It is so bad that both pro-slave and freestate factions vote against it. The state must approve a different constitution. | Kansas |
| English Bill | ||
| Kansas becomes a state |
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