Additional Resources

Books

Steven H. Steinglass and Gino J. Scarselli, The Ohio State Constitution (2d ed. 2022)

Articles

Steven H. Steinglass, Constitutional Revision: Ohio Style, 77 Ohio St. L.J. 281 (2016)

Steven H. Steinglass and Ernest M. Olesky, Direct Democracy: Ohio Style, 73 Clev. St. L. Rev. 101 (2024)

Steven H. Steinglass, “The Ohio Constitution: Its History and Its Future,” State Court Report (May 21, 2025)

Barbara A. Terzian, Ohio’s Constitutions: An Historical Perspective, 51 Clev. St. L. Rev. 357 (2004)

Convention Records

Journal of the Convention, of the Territory of the United States North-west of the Ohio, 1802

Report of the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention for the Revision of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, 1850-51

Official Report of the Proceedings and Debates of the Third Constitutional Convention of Ohio, 1873

Proceedings and Debates of the Ohio State Constitutional Convention, 1912

Constitutional Commission Records

Ohio Constitutional Revision Commission (1970-1977) Reports

Ohio Constitutional Revision Commission (1970-1977) Records

Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission (2011-2017) Records

Government Publications

Ohio Legislative Service Commission, The Constitutional Framework of Ohio State Government, in A Guidebook for Ohio Legislators (2025) 

Additional Databases & Resources

Ohio Constitution - Law and History