Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889

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

Richard Jeffs

Quill platform ID: p16645.

A delegate from the Eighteenth District, the sixty-two year old farmer lived in Pialschie (between Auburn and Kent) in King County. Born in New York, Jeffs came to Washington in 1847. He had been a justice of the peace and was engaged in husbandry and hop growing. Jeffs served on the following committees: County, City and Township Organization; Homestead and Property Exemptions.

Member of 18. Eighteenth District —Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889.

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