1835+constitution

The state voters went to polls in 1835 to determine if they are going to hold a constitutional convention.The west said yes, while the east said no. The votes changed dramatically from one side of the fall line to the other. Since at the time the west had more people, the "ayes" had it. The best leaders from the west and east came to Raleigh in 1835to amend the 1776 constitution. They honored the aging Nathaniel Macon by making him chairman. However, the real leaders of the constitutional convention were westerner David Swain and easterner William Gaston. Swain was from Asheville, and Gastin was from New Bern. The greatest need was to make representation fair across the state. The delegatres finally compromise. Each county would still have one representative in the house, the county that was more populous would have more than one representative.