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Idaho State Constitutional Convention 1889

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Idaho's Constitutional Convention went from July 4, 1889 - August 6, 1889. Using the work that began in the standing committees, drafted reports or articles became the ratified Idaho Constitution in November 1889.

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Type Document Name Status Introduced Decision
Report of the Committee on Credentials [Convention] ADOPT_PROPOSAL Friday, 05 July 1889 Friday, 05 July 1889
Resolution on Granting Freedom of the Floor ADOPT_PROPOSAL Saturday, 06 July 1889 Saturday, 06 July 1889
Resolution to Print Rules ADOPT_PROPOSAL Monday, 08 July 1889 Monday, 08 July 1889
Resolution on the Death of Col. Charles A. Wood ADOPT_PROPOSAL Monday, 08 July 1889 Monday, 08 July 1889
Report on Committee of the Whole: 08-16-1889 ADOPT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 16 July 1889 Tuesday, 16 July 1889
Resolution on the Proceedings of the Committee of the Whole ADOPT_PROPOSAL Wednesday, 17 July 1889 Wednesday, 17 July 1889
Resolution for the Retraction of the Charges Against George Ainslie ADOPT_PROPOSAL Thursday, 18 July 1889 Thursday, 18 July 1889
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-18 ADOPT_PROPOSAL Thursday, 18 July 1889 Thursday, 18 July 1889
Resolution of Invitation ADOPT_PROPOSAL Saturday, 20 July 1889 Saturday, 20 July 1889
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-22, Afternoon (Article IX [Education and School Lands]) ADOPT_PROPOSAL Monday, 22 July 1889 Monday, 22 July 1889
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-23, Morning ADOPT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 23 July 1889 Tuesday, 23 July 1889
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-23 ADOPT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 23 July 1889 Tuesday, 23 July 1889
Report on Committee of the Whole: 08-24-1889 ADOPT_PROPOSAL Wednesday, 24 July 1889 Wednesday, 24 July 1889
Report on Committee of the Whole: 07-24-1889 ADOPT_PROPOSAL Wednesday, 24 July 1889 Wednesday, 24 July 1889
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-25, Morning NO_OBJECTION Thursday, 25 July 1889 Thursday, 25 July 1889
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-26 ADOPT_PROPOSAL Friday, 26 July 1889 Friday, 26 July 1889
Report of the Committee on Engrossment ADOPT_PROPOSAL Friday, 26 July 1889 Friday, 26 July 1889
Motion to Rise and Report ADOPT_PROPOSAL Friday, 26 July 1889 Friday, 26 July 1889
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-26 ADOPT_PROPOSAL Friday, 26 July 1889 Friday, 26 July 1889
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-29, Morning ADOPT_PROPOSAL Monday, 29 July 1889 Monday, 29 July 1889
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-29, Afternoon ADOPT_PROPOSAL Monday, 29 July 1889 Monday, 29 July 1889
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-29, Morning ADOPT_PROPOSAL Monday, 29 July 1889 Monday, 29 July 1889
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-31 ADOPT_PROPOSAL Wednesday, 31 July 1889 Wednesday, 31 July 1889
Report of Committee on Mines and Mining ADOPT_PROPOSAL Thursday, 01 August 1889 Thursday, 01 August 1889
Report of Committee on Apportionment ADOPT_PROPOSAL Thursday, 01 August 1889 Thursday, 01 August 1889
Report of Committee on Engrossment ADOPT_PROPOSAL Thursday, 01 August 1889 Thursday, 01 August 1889
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-08-05 ADOPT_PROPOSAL Monday, 05 August 1889 Monday, 05 August 1889
Resolution for Printing Copies of Constitution ADOPT_PROPOSAL Monday, 05 August 1889 Monday, 05 August 1889
Resolution on the Governor's Invitation ADOPT_PROPOSAL Monday, 05 August 1889 Monday, 05 August 1889
The Constitution of the State of Idaho [Convention] ADOPT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 06 August 1889 Tuesday, 06 August 1889
Resolution of Gratitude for the Territory Organization ADOPT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 06 August 1889 Tuesday, 06 August 1889
Resolution of Gratitude for Convention Organization ADOPT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 06 August 1889 Tuesday, 06 August 1889
Resolution of Congratulations to Washington, Montana and the Dakotas ADOPT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 06 August 1889 Tuesday, 06 August 1889
Compensation of Attaches ADOPT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 06 August 1889 Tuesday, 06 August 1889
Resolution on the Republican and Democratic Territorial Central Committees ADOPT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 06 August 1889 Tuesday, 06 August 1889
Report of Federal Relations Committee ADOPT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 06 August 1889 Tuesday, 06 August 1889
Type Document Name Status Introduced Decision
Resolution on Contests No decision Thursday, 04 July 1889 -
Resolution on Membership No decision Friday, 05 July 1889 -
Resolution on Membership: Claggett Substitute No decision Friday, 05 July 1889 -
Report of the Reception Committee No decision Saturday, 06 July 1889 -
Report of the Committee on Committees [Convention] No decision Saturday, 06 July 1889 -
Rules of the Convention [Committee on Rules] No decision Monday, 08 July 1889 -
Rules of the Convention [Convention] No decision Monday, 08 July 1889 -
Petition from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union No decision Monday, 08 July 1889 -
List of Members of Standing Committees No decision Monday, 08 July 1889 -
Resolution on Committee Reports Agenda No decision Tuesday, 09 July 1889 -
Report of the Committee on Elections and Rights of Suffrage: 1889-07-13 No decision Saturday, 13 July 1889 -
Petition for Woman's Suffrage and Prohibition No decision Saturday, 13 July 1889 -
Report on Ways and Means [Convention] No decision Monday, 15 July 1889 -
Communication from the National Woman's Suffrage Association No decision Monday, 15 July 1889 -
Petition for Woman's Suffrage and Prohibition No decision Monday, 15 July 1889 -
Extracts from the Salt Lake Tribune No decision Thursday, 18 July 1889 -
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-18 POSTPONE_DEBATE Thursday, 18 July 1889 Thursday, 18 July 1889
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-19 No decision Friday, 19 July 1889 -
Report of the Committee on Ways and Means: 1889-07-19 No decision Saturday, 20 July 1889 -
Resolution to Expunge No decision Saturday, 20 July 1889 -
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-19 No decision Saturday, 20 July 1889 -
Article XIV [Military Affairs, Committee of the Whole] No decision Saturday, 20 July 1889 -
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 07-20-1889 No decision Saturday, 20 July 1889 -
Article X [Public Institutions, Convention] No decision Saturday, 20 July 1889 -
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-20 No decision Saturday, 20 July 1889 -
Letter from George E. Dorsey No decision Saturday, 20 July 1889 -
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-20 No decision Saturday, 20 July 1889 -
Article III [Legislative Department, Committee of the Whole] No decision Saturday, 20 July 1889 -
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-22, Morning No decision Monday, 22 July 1889 -
Resolution Fixing the Time for Debate on the Majority and Minority Reports of the Committee on Election and Suffrage No decision Monday, 22 July 1889 -
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-22, Afternoon (Article XII [Municipal Corporations]) No decision Monday, 22 July 1889 -
Article XII [Municipal Corporations, Convention] No decision Monday, 22 July 1889 -
Report of the Special Committee on Finance No decision Tuesday, 23 July 1889 -
Report on Revenue and Finance No decision Wednesday, 24 July 1889 -
Report of the Committee of the Whole on Article IX No decision Wednesday, 24 July 1889 -
Article IX [Education and Public Lands, Committee of the Whole] No decision Wednesday, 24 July 1889 -
Notice of Motion to Amend Rule 49 No decision Wednesday, 24 July 1889 -
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-25, Afternoon No decision Thursday, 25 July 1889 -
Article VI [Election & Suffrage, Committee of the Whole] No decision Thursday, 25 July 1889 -
Article VI [Election & Suffrage, Convention] No decision Thursday, 25 July 1889 -
Resolution of Thanks to Mayor and Mrs. James A. Pinney No decision Thursday, 25 July 1889 -
Resolution of Thanks to the People of Boise City No decision Thursday, 25 July 1889 -
Article VI [Election & Suffrage, Convention] No decision Friday, 26 July 1889 -
Motion to Rise and Report No decision Friday, 26 July 1889 -
Article XV [Manufactures, Agriculture and Irrigation, Convention] No decision Friday, 26 July 1889 -
Article XI [Public and Private Corporations, Convention] No decision Saturday, 27 July 1889 -
Article III [Legislative Department, Convention] No decision Saturday, 27 July 1889 -
Article XV [Manufactures, Agriculture and Irrigation, Convention] No decision Saturday, 27 July 1889 -
Resolution on State Elections POSTPONE_DEBATE Saturday, 27 July 1889 Saturday, 27 July 1889
Article [Salaries of Public Officers, Committee on Salaries of Public Officers] No decision Monday, 29 July 1889 -
Article IV [Executive, Convention] No decision Monday, 29 July 1889 -
Report of the Committee on Engrossment: 1889-07-29 No decision Monday, 29 July 1889 -
Article XV [Manufactures, Agriculture and Irrigation, Committee on Revision and Enrollment] No decision Monday, 29 July 1889 -
Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-07-29, Evening No decision Monday, 29 July 1889 -
Article XIII [Labor, Committee of the Whole] No decision Monday, 29 July 1889 -
Article XIV [Military Affairs, Convention] No decision Tuesday, 30 July 1889 -
Article X [Public Institutions, Convention] No decision Tuesday, 30 July 1889 -
Article XII [Municipal Corporations, Convention] No decision Tuesday, 30 July 1889 -
Article IX [Education and Public Lands, Committee of the Whole] No decision Tuesday, 30 July 1889 -
Article IX [Education and Public Lands, Convention] No decision Tuesday, 30 July 1889 -
Article XVI [Livestock, Convention] No decision Tuesday, 30 July 1889 -
Report on the Engrossment of the Militia and Military Affairs Article No decision Tuesday, 30 July 1889 -
Article XIV [Military Affairs, Convention] No decision Tuesday, 30 July 1889 -
Article XII [Municipal Corporations, Convention] No decision Wednesday, 31 July 1889 -
Article IX [Education and Public Lands, Convention] No decision Wednesday, 31 July 1889 -
Article VIII [Public Indebtedness and Subsidies, Convention] No decision Wednesday, 31 July 1889 -
Article V [Judiciary Department, Committee of the Whole] No decision Wednesday, 31 July 1889 -
Article V [Judiciary Department, Committee of the Whole]: Sections 6 and 7 Omitted No decision Wednesday, 31 July 1889 -
Article V [Judicial Department, Convention] No decision Wednesday, 31 July 1889 -
Article I [Bill of Rights, Committee of the Whole] No decision Wednesday, 31 July 1889 -
Article VII [Revenue and Finance, Committee of Revenue and Finance] No decision Thursday, 01 August 1889 -
Article VII [Revenue and Finance, Convention] No decision Thursday, 01 August 1889 -
Article XXI [Schedule and Ordinance, Convention]: Majority Report POSTPONE_DEBATE Friday, 02 August 1889 Friday, 02 August 1889
Article XXI [Schedule and Ordinance, Convention]: Minority Report No decision Friday, 02 August 1889 -
Article V [Judicial Department, Convention] No decision Friday, 02 August 1889 -
Article XX [Amendments, Convention] No decision Friday, 02 August 1889 -
Preamble [Convention] No decision Friday, 02 August 1889 -
Resolution: Address to the People No decision Friday, 02 August 1889 -
Memorial on Irrigation Development No decision Friday, 02 August 1889 -
Article XVIII [County Organization, Committee on Names, Boundaries and Organization of Counties] No decision Friday, 02 August 1889 -
Article XVIII [County Organization, Convention] No decision Friday, 02 August 1889 -
Report of Committee on Engrossment No decision Saturday, 03 August 1889 -
Article VII [Revenue and Taxation, Committee on Engrossment] No decision Saturday, 03 August 1889 -
Report of Committee on Ways and Means No decision Saturday, 03 August 1889 -
Motion to Refer Article XVIII to Committee on Engrossment No decision Monday, 05 August 1889 -
Article XIX [Apportionment, Committee of Apportionment] No decision Monday, 05 August 1889 -
Article XIX [Apportionment, Convention] No decision Monday, 05 August 1889 -
Letter of John W. Noble No decision Monday, 05 August 1889 -
Article XIX [Apportionment, Convention] No decision Monday, 05 August 1889 -
Resolution on the Stenographic Notes of Proceedings No decision Monday, 05 August 1889 -
Resolution in Re Tariff on Lead Ore No decision Monday, 05 August 1889 -
Article XXI [Schedule and Ordinance, Convention]: Majority Report No decision Monday, 05 August 1889 -
(CREATE) Article XXI [Schedule and Ordinance, Convention]: Minority Report No decision Monday, 05 August 1889 -
Report of the Committee on Ways and Means: 1889-08-06 No decision Tuesday, 06 August 1889 -
Telegram from Salt Lake No decision Tuesday, 06 August 1889 -
Memorial to Congress No decision Tuesday, 06 August 1889 -
Resolution Regarding the Boise City National Bank No decision Tuesday, 06 August 1889 -
Resolution of Gratitude for President Claggett No decision Tuesday, 06 August 1889 -
Motion to Adopt the Memorial No decision Tuesday, 06 August 1889 -
Type Document Name Status Introduced Decision
Telegram of Greetings from Idaho REPORT_PROPOSAL Monday, 08 July 1889 Monday, 08 July 1889
Petition for Woman's Suffrage and Prohibition REPORT_PROPOSAL Wednesday, 10 July 1889 Wednesday, 10 July 1889
Preamble [Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Saturday, 13 July 1889 Saturday, 13 July 1889
Article I [Bill of Rights, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Saturday, 13 July 1889 Saturday, 13 July 1889
Article XIV [Military Affairs, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Saturday, 13 July 1889 Saturday, 13 July 1889
Article III [Legislative Department, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Saturday, 13 July 1889 Saturday, 13 July 1889
Article XI [Public and Private Corporations, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Saturday, 13 July 1889 Saturday, 13 July 1889
Article IV [Executive Department, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Monday, 15 July 1889 Monday, 15 July 1889
Article X [Public Institutions, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 16 July 1889 Tuesday, 16 July 1889
Article VIII [Public Indebtedness, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 16 July 1889 Tuesday, 16 July 1889
Resolution on Women's Suffrage REPORT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 16 July 1889 Tuesday, 16 July 1889
Article XII [Municipal Corporations, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Wednesday, 17 July 1889 Wednesday, 17 July 1889
Article IX [Education and School Lands, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Thursday, 18 July 1889 Thursday, 18 July 1889
Article XV [Manufactures, Agriculture and Irrigation, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Thursday, 18 July 1889 Thursday, 18 July 1889
Article VI [Election & Suffrage, Convention]: Majority Report REPORT_PROPOSAL Thursday, 18 July 1889 Thursday, 18 July 1889
Article VI [Election & Suffrage, Convention]: Minority Report REPORT_PROPOSAL Thursday, 18 July 1889 Thursday, 18 July 1889
Article XIII [Salaries of Public Officers, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Friday, 19 July 1889 Friday, 19 July 1889
Article V [Judicial Department, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Friday, 19 July 1889 Friday, 19 July 1889
Article V [Judicial Department, Convention]: Sections 6 and 7 Omitted REPORT_PROPOSAL Friday, 19 July 1889 Friday, 19 July 1889
Article XIII [Labor, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Friday, 19 July 1889 Friday, 19 July 1889
Article XVI [Livestock, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Saturday, 20 July 1889 Saturday, 20 July 1889
Article IV [Executive Department, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Saturday, 20 July 1889 Saturday, 20 July 1889
Petition in Reuse of Water REPORT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 23 July 1889 Tuesday, 23 July 1889
Report on Bounties and County Organization REPORT_PROPOSAL Wednesday, 24 July 1889 Wednesday, 24 July 1889
Article IX [Education and Public Lands, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Wednesday, 24 July 1889 Wednesday, 24 July 1889
Article III [Legislative Department, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Monday, 29 July 1889 Monday, 29 July 1889
Article IV [Executive, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 30 July 1889 Tuesday, 30 July 1889
Article VIII [Public Indebtedness and Subsidies, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Tuesday, 30 July 1889 Tuesday, 30 July 1889
Article XVI [Livestock, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Wednesday, 31 July 1889 Wednesday, 31 July 1889
Article IV [Executive, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Wednesday, 31 July 1889 Wednesday, 31 July 1889
Article VIII [Public Indebtedness and Subdivisions, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Wednesday, 31 July 1889 Wednesday, 31 July 1889
Article X [Public Institutions, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Thursday, 01 August 1889 Thursday, 01 August 1889
Motion to Adopt the Entire Article REPORT_PROPOSAL Thursday, 01 August 1889 Thursday, 01 August 1889
Article V [Judicial Department, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Thursday, 01 August 1889 Thursday, 01 August 1889
WRONG VERSION Article I [Bill of Rights, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Thursday, 01 August 1889 Thursday, 01 August 1889
Article II [Distribution of Powers, Convention] REPORT_PROPOSAL Friday, 02 August 1889 Friday, 02 August 1889
Minority Report of Committee on Schedule REPORT_PROPOSAL Saturday, 03 August 1889 Saturday, 03 August 1889