- The Convention
The Convention
Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
The Wyoming Constitution Convention began September 2, 1889 without the authorization from an enabling act. The articles were individually voted on, creating the final Constitution of Wyoming on September 30, 1889. It was later ratified on November 5, 1889.
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Membership (49 members):
- Melville C. Brown ( Albany County ) Visualize
- William E. Chaplin ( Albany County ) Visualize
- Stephen W. Downey ( Albany County ) Visualize
- George W. Fox ( Albany County ) Visualize
- Mortimer N. Grant ( Albany County ) Visualize
- John W. Hoyt ( Albany County ) Visualize
- John McGill ( Albany County ) Visualize
- Alexander L. Sutherland ( Albany County ) Visualize
- Charles W. Burdick ( Carbon County ) Visualize
- Robert C. Butler ( Carbon County ) Visualize
- James A. Casebeer ( Carbon County ) Visualize
- George Ferris ( Carbon County ) Visualize
- George C. Smith ( Carbon County ) Visualize
- Charles L. Vagner ( Carbon County ) Visualize
- Merris C. Barrow ( Converse County ) Visualize
- Frederick H. Harvey ( Converse County ) Visualize
- William C. Irvine ( Converse County ) Visualize
- DeForest Richards ( Converse County ) Visualize
- Meyer Frank ( Crook County ) Visualize
- Richard H. Scott ( Crook County ) Visualize
- Noyes Baldwin ( Fremont County ) Visualize
- Herman G. Nickerson ( Fremont County ) Visualize
- Douglas A. Preston ( Fremont County ) Visualize
- Charles H. Burritt ( Johnson County ) Visualize
- Henry S. Elliott ( Johnson County ) Visualize
- John M. McCandlish ( Johnson County ) Visualize
- George W. Baxter ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Anthony C. Campbell ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Henry G. Hay ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- John K. Jeffrey ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- James A. Johnston ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Elliot S. N. Morgan ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Caleb P. Organ ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Charles N. Potter ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Thomas R. Reid ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- John A. Riner ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Hubert E. Teschemacher ( Laramie County ) Visualize
- Henry A. Coffeen ( Sheridan County ) Visualize
- Asbury B. Conaway ( Sweetwater County ) Visualize
- Mark Hopkins ( Sweetwater County ) Visualize
- Herman F. Menough ( Sweetwater County ) Visualize
- Edward J. Morris ( Sweetwater County ) Visualize
- Louis J. Palmer ( Sweetwater County ) Visualize
- Clarence D. Clark ( Uinta County ) Visualize
- Frank M. Foote ( Uinta County ) Visualize
- Charles W. Holden ( Uinta County ) Visualize
- Johnathan Jones ( Uinta County ) Visualize
- Jesse Knight ( Uinta County ) Visualize
- John L. Russell ( Uinta County ) Visualize
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Sessions (25)
The delegates assembled. A Committee on Temporary Organization was appointed. The Convention received the report of the Committee on Temporary Organization and elected temporary officials of the Convention. A Committee on Credentials was then appointed and their report was received after a recess.
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The Convention appointed tellers and elected permanent offices of the Convention. A Committee on Rules and a Committee on Ways and Means were appointed.
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The Committee on Rules reported the Rules of the Convention. The Convention resolved into the Committee of the Whole to consider the report. The Rules of the Convention was then taken up in the Convention and referred back to the Committee on Rules and then agreed to. The Committee on Ways and Means also presented reports before adjournment.
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A list of standing committees was drafted. The drafts of each section of the Constitution were read and referred to the respective committee.
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The drafts of additional articles were read and referred. Reports of standing committees were then read.
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Propositions and resolutions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. A Senate Committee on Arid Lands and Irrigation was appointed.
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Members were appointed to committees. A Committee on Ordinances was appointed. Propositions and resolutions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees.
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Propositions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. The Rules of the Convention were taken up. Reports of standing committees were then presented.
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Propositions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. Reports of the standing committees were then presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to consider the article on Municipal Corporations. The committee reported their progress, and the Convention received more reports from standing committees.
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Propositions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. The article on Municipal Corporations was then read line by line and voted upon. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the. The committee reported their progress on the article on Irrigation and Water Rights.
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Propositions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. Reports of standing committees were presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole. The committee reported their progress on the article on Distribution of Powers
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The Committee on Legislative Department presented their reports to the Convention. Propositions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. The Committee on Federal Relations, Public Land and Military Affairs and the Committee on Executive Department each presented their reports to the Convention. The Rules of the Convention were then taken up.
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The reports of the standing committees were presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole. The committee reported their progress on the article on Judicial Department. A proposition concerning salaries was presented.
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The reports of the standing committees were presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the file on suffrage and elections.
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The reports of the standing committees were presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole. The committee reported their progress on the articles concerning suffrage, livestock, the contracts of employees, and labor.
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Propositions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. The reports of the standing and special committees were presented. The Convention then did a line by line reading of the article on Suffrage. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of Whole. The committee reported their progress on the article on Legislative Apportionment.
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The reports of the standing committees were presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole. The committee reported their progress and recommended substitutions for different files.
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Propositions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole. The committee reported their progress on the articles concerning Irrigation and Water Rights as well as Legislative Apportionment. Standing committees presented reports for consideration.
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Reports from the Committee on Preamble and Declaration of Rights were presented for consideration. The Convention resolved into the Committee of the Whole. The committee reported their progress on the articles concerning the Legislative Department, Labor, Federal Relations, as well as Boards of Arbitration. Standing committees presented additional reports for consideration.
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The standing and special committees presented their reports for consideration. The article on the Legislative Department was put upon final reading. The Convention resolved into the Committee of the Whole and the committee reported their progress before adjournment.
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The Committee on Revision and Adjustment presented their report and articles for final discussion and approval. The Convention read line by line the substitute for the article relating to Railroad and Telegraph Lines. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole, and the committee reported their progress on the articles concerning Taxation and Revenue as well as the Preamble.
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The article on Preamble was taken up for consideration. The Judiciary Committee presented their report for consideration. The Convention resolved into the Committe of the Whole. The standing committees presented their reports for consideration. The Committee of the Whole reported their progress on several articles.
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The standing committees presented their reports for consideration. The articles on Public Lands and Donations; Coal Mines; Boards of Arbitration as well as other files were taken up and put-upon final passage. An article on Mines and Mining was then presented. The Convention resolved into the Committee of the Whole, and the committee reported their progress on article concerning Schedule.
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An article concerning the Qualifications of Electors was presented for consideration. Files were put upon final passage. Standing committees then presented their reports for consideration.
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The Committee of Revision and Adjustment reported the Constitution of the State of Wyoming to the Convention, which was read line by line, agreed to, and referred to the committee for Enrollment. The enrolled constitution was then reported, and a final vote was taken. The Convention convened sine die.
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