Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889

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

John R. Kinnear

Quill platform ID: p16650.

A Republican from the Twentieth District, the fifty year old lawyer lived in Seattle. Born in Indiana, Kinnear attended Eureka College in Illinois and Chicago law school. He came to Seattle in 1883 and was a member of the territorial legislature in 1885-86. Kinnear served on the following committees: Corporations Other Than Municipal, chairman; Judicial Department.

Member of 20. Twentieth District—Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889.

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