Additional Resources

This page contains a curated list of resources on the history of the Michigan Constitution. To the extent possible, links are to publicly accessible copies of the sources listed. Where that is not possible, the link directs to an online database.

Books

Susan P. Fino, The Michigan State Constitution (2011)

James K. Pollock, Making Michigan’s New Constitution, 1961-1962 (1962)

Articles

Arthur W. Bromage, Constitutional Revision in Michigan, 36 U.Det. L.J. 96 (1958-1959)

Stanton S. Faville, Dissecting a Constitution, 13 Wayne L. Rev. 549 (1966-1967)

Daniel S. McHargue, Direct Government in Michigan: Initiative, Referendum, Recall, Amendment, and Revision in the Michigan Constitution, Constitutional Convention Preparatory Commission (1961)

Melvin Nord, The Michigan Constitution of 1963, 10 Wayne L. Rev. 309 (1963-1964)

Robert A. Sedler, The Selection of Judges in Michigan: The Constitutional Perspective, 56 Wayne L. Rev. 667 (2010)

Michael Warren, A Case Study in Federalism – the United States and Michigan Constitutions: Not Double Vision, Double Constitutions, 47 Mich. Academician 202 (2021)

Convention and Commission Records

Constitutional Convention, 1835

Journal

Debates and Proceedings

Constitutional Convention, 1850

Journal

Debates and Proceedings

Constitutional Convention, 1867

Journal

Debates and Proceedings

Constitutional Commission, 1873

Journal

Constitutional Convention, 1907-1908

Journal (Vol. 1) (Vol. 2)

Proceedings and Debates (Vol. 1) (Vol. 2)

Constitutional Convention, 1961-1962

Journal (Vol. 1) (Vol. 2)

Official Record

Misc. Convention Records and Publications

Government Publications

Michigan Manuals

Initiatives and Referendums Under the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 (2024)

Michigan Supreme Court Learning Center, Constitution of Michigan

Michigan History Center, Michigan Can Lead the Way: Michigan Constitutional Convention (2009)

Other Databases and Publications

Citizens Research Council of Michigan Publication Archive

Library of Michigan Digital, The Michigan Constitutional Law Collection