Good morning,
The forecast for Whitewater is for a sunny day, with a high of 13 degrees.
In Whitewater today, there’s a Common Council meeting at 6:30 PM. The agenda is available online.
In our schools, there will be a fifth grade choir concert at the high school, at 1:30 PM and 7 PM.
The Wisconsin Historical Society’s website notes that on this date the first draft of the Wisconsin constitution was rejected, leading to another constitutional convention:
1847 – Wisconsin’s Second Constitutional Convention Convenes in Madison
On this date the first draft of the Wisconsin Constitution was rejected in 1846. As a result, Wisconsin representatives met again to draft a new constitution in 1847. New delegates were invited, and only five delegates attended both conventions. The second convention used the failed 1846 constitution as a springboard for their own, but left out controversial issues such as banking and property rights for women that the first constitution attempted to address. The second constitution included a proposal to let the people of Wisconsin vote on a referendum designed to approve black suffrage. [Source: Attainment of Statehood by Milo M. Quaife]