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  1. Overview: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
  2. Full Record: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Session: 1889-09-06 10:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

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.

The Convention

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Session 5542: 1889-09-06 10:00:00

The drafts of additional articles were read and referred. Reports of standing committees were then read.

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Letter from Governor Francis E. Warren

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"Executive Department, Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 3, 1889.

"Hon. M. C. Brown, President Constitutional Convention,

Cheyenne, Wyo.

"Dear Sir:—I am in receipt of a letter from Henry B. Blackwell, of Boston, regarding woman suffrage in the Wyoming constitution. He encloses letters from U. S. Senator Henry W. Blair, of New Hampshire; Ex-Governor of Massachusetts John D. Long, and Member of Congress T. B’. Reed, of Main.

"The three letters I herewith enclose you for any use you may desire to make of them during the convention.

"Very Truly Yours,

"FRANCIS E. WARREN."

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