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The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the oldest continuous state constitution, coming into effect on October 25, 1780. It is also, as of June 2014, the oldest continuous constitution in the world.
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The Massachusetts Bay Company was issued a royal charter in March of 1629. Acting under the company charter, the colonists established the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on June 12, 1630. The first meeting of the Massachusetts General Court, their legislative assembly, was in October of 1630. That was the first semi-autonomous government in Massachusetts and was the direct ancestor of the present-day Massachusetts state government. During the American Revolutionary War, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts drew up its own state constitution in 1780. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts was admitted as a state when it ratified the US Constitution on February 6, 1788.
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John Hancock (no party affiliation) served as Governor of Massachusetts from October 1780 to February 1785 and May 1787 to October 1793.
He was born on October 19, 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts.
The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Following approval by town meetings, the Constitution was ratified on June 15, 1780, became effective on October 25, 1780, and remains the oldest functioning written constitution in continuous effect in the world.Following approval by town meetings, the Constitution was ratified on June 15, 1780, became effective on October 25, 1780, and remains the oldest functioning written constitution in continuous effect in the world. Although the country of San Marino is the oldest surviving republic still in existence, it has a Constitution that is not from one single written source. The San Marino Constitution was adopted in 1974 and then later amended in 2002.
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