A proposed constitution allowing slavery in the state of Kansas prepared by pro-slavery politicians. This document was never approved by the voters of Kansas in open balloting. Despite this fact, President James Buchanan actually recommended that the U.S. Congress admit Kansas into the Union as a slave state under this constitution. The House of Representatives refused to approve the measure until all voting residents of Kansas had a chance to approve it. The constitution failed to gain acceptance twice in the open ballotings that followed the U.S. House rejection.