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revised constitution was passed on 16 April 1867 by a vote of 230 to 53. Voting against were the Progress Party, many Catholics, August Bebel - a founder of one of the predecessors to the Social Democratic Party - and the Polish Reichstag members. After the constitution had been approved by the parliaments of the constituent states, it went into effect on 1 July 1867. Two weeks later, King Wilhelm I appointed

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