Hartford Convention

In US history, a meeting of Federalist Party delegates from the New England states from December 1814 to January 1815 (at the end of the War of 1812) in Hartford, Connecticut. The meeting considered amendments to the US Constitution and the possibility of secession from the union in response to the adverse economic effects of the war on New England. The end of the war forestalled further action.

The convention practically advocated what the Southern slave-holding states fought for years later – the right to secede – and the convention hastened the downfall of the Federalist Party.