New Jersey Constitutions

New Jersey State Constitution
Searchable by keyword or table of articles.

• The Constitution of 1776 (scanned, via Rutgers)
• The Constitution of 1776 (full text, via New Jersey Department of State)
• The Constitution of 1844 (full text, via New Jersey Department of State)
• The Constitution of 1844 (including amendments from 1875 and 1897 via HathiTrust, published in 1906 and 1910)
• The Constitution of 1947 (via New Jersey State Library)
• The Constitution of 1947 (Searchable) (via New Jersey Legislature)
• Constitution of 1947 (Updated through amendments adopted in November, 2010) (via New Jersey Legislature)
• The Constitution of 1947 (via Rutgers)
• The Constitution of 1947 (includes photographs, via New Jersey State Archives)
• New Jersey Constitutional Convention Proceedings 1947 (via NJSL)

The Early Constitutions of New Jersey by Edward Q. Keasbey, 1 New Jersey Law Review 20, May 1915.

New Jersey Constitutional Documents Online via Rutgers School of Law - Camden including:

• Journal of the Votes and Proceedings of the Convention of New-Jersey, Constitutional Convention of 1776 (scanned, via Rutgers)
• Journal of Proceedings, Constitutional Convention of 1844 (1942 WPA edition, with Introduction by John Bebout)
• Journal of Proceedings, Constitutional Convention of 1844 (Original Printing)
• "Traces of Its Labors": The Constitutional Commission, The Legislature and Their Influence on the New Jersey Constitution, 1873-1875 by Peter J. Mazzei and Robert F. Williams
• Proposed Amendments of 1882
• Proposed Amendments of 1927
• Governor's Addresses: 1941-1944
• Governor's Speeches: 1941-1944
• Constitution of 1941
• Report of the Commission on Revision of the New Jersey Constitution 1942
• Journal of Proceedings, Constitutional Convention of 1942
• Proposed Amendments of 1944
• Revised Proposed Amendments of 1944
• Constitution of 1947