- South Dakota State Constitutional Convention 1889 Summary Statistics
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South Dakota State Constitutional Convention 1889
Following the rejected 'Sioux Falls' Convention of 1885, the South Dakota Convention met and began the drafting process in July of 1889. They used the articles of the Sioux Falls Convention as starting propositions to begin the amendment process. The South Dakota Constitution was ratified in October 1889.
Cite as: Cashlyn English, Gwen Wilde, Jordan Artigas, Kaylee Bishop, Liné Fourie, Grace Yeager, Nicholas Cole, Elizabeth Green, Lauren Davis , South Dakota State Constitutional Convention 1889, Quill Project at Pembroke College (Oxford, 2020-2023).
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A summary view for the full record of the convention
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Sources:
3 historical records used for this dataset.
Process:
41 committees met in 177 sessions. Average 59.0 sessions each.
Dates from Thursday, 04 July 1889 to Monday, 05 August 1889.
People:
90 people in 25 voting delegations.
Top 5 most active people are:
- A. J. Edgerton (163 events)
- L. H. Hole (93 events)
- John L. Jolley (87 events)
- Dighton Corson (74 events)
- E. W. Caldwell (71 events)
Summary of person events:
- 446
join a committee. -
leave a committee. - 83
elections to a position.
Procedures:
537 procedural motions considered.
Summary of procedural events:
- 537
procedural motion proposed. - 116
motions debated.
Documents:
215 documents considered with 163 amendments presented.
Summary of document events:
- 215
new documents created. - 208
documents passed from another committee. - 163
amendments to a document proposed. - 104
debates on a proposal.
Decisions:
703 number of decisions made.
Summary of decision made:
- 404
proposals adopted. - 34
proposals rejected. - 164
proposals referred to another committee. - 1
debate of a proposal postponed. - 34
proposal dropped from discussion without a formal vote. - 1
some other decision on a proposal.