Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889

Washington's first constitutional convention met between July and August 1889 to draft the state's foundational text.

James Power

Quill platform ID: p16639.

A delegate from the Sixteenth District, the forty year old printer and publisher lived in LaConner. Born in Ireland, he came to Ohio and then to Washington. He was a member of the territorial legislature in 1883. Power served on the following committees: Printing, Mileage and Contingent Expenses, chairman; Harbors, Rivers, Tidewaters and Navigable Streams; rules for Convention.

Member of 16. Sixteenth District—Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889.

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