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  1. Overview: Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
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  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Saturday, 06 July 1889, at 10:00

Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889

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

The Convention

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Session 12653: 1889-07-06 10:00:00

The report of the Committee on Rules and Order of Business outlining the standing committees of the Convention was presented and adopted. The report of Committee on Official Stenographer was presented and adopted. The appointment of members to committees was debated. John T. Carrere was elected page and Alonzo C. Bowman was elected stenographer. A telegram from the Mayor of Ellensburg was then read.

Membership (at session start):

Hiram E. Allen, Samuel H. Berry, Nelson Gates Blalock, Ozra A. Bowen, John J. Browne, Daniel Buchanan, James A. Burk, Charles P. Coey, George Comegys, Samuel G. Cosgrove, Daniel J. Crowley, Frank M. Dallam, Silvius A. Dickey, Ralph Oregon Dunbar, David E. Durie, Trusten P. Dyer, Edward Eldridge, Jacob T. Eshelman, Hanford Wentworth Fairweather, Charles T. Fay, Benjamin B. Glascock, Melvin M. Godman, John F. Gowey, W. B. Gray, Thomas C. Griffitts, Thomas Hayton, Francis Henry, Gwin Hicks, John P. Hoyt, James A. Hungate, Robert Jamieson, Richard Jeffs, George H. Jones, Oliver H. Joy, John C. Kellogg, John R. Kinnear, Henry M. Lillis, Addison A. Lindsley, S. H. Manly, Joshua Philander T. McCroskey, J. T. McDonald, Matt J. McElroy, John McReavey, Thomas T. Minor, Austin Mires, James Z. Moore, Robert S. More, Morgan Morgans, Lewis Neace, W. L. Newton, James Power, William F. Prosser, John M. Reed, Thomas M. Reed, B. L. Sharpstein, John A. Shoudy, Louis Sohns, George H. Stevenson, Theodore L. Stiles, Robert F. Sturdevant, H. F. Suksdorf, E. H. Sullivan, P. C. Sullivan, George W. Tibbetts, George Turner, J. F. Van Name, W. W. Waltman, C. H. Warner, Allen Weir, J. J. Weisenburger, Arnold J. West, H. C. Willison, Henry Winsor (73 total)

Representing 25 delegations:

01. First District, 02. Second District, 03. Third District, 04. Fourth District, 05. Fifth District, 06. Sixth District, 07. Seventh District, 08. Eighth District, 09. Ninth District, 10. Tenth District, 11. Eleventh District, 12. Twelfth District , 13. Thirteenth District, 14. Fourteenth District, 15. Fifteenth District, 16. Sixteenth District, 17. Seventeenth District, 18. Eighteenth District , 19. Nineteenth District, 20. Twentieth District, 21. Twenty-first District , 22. Twenty-second District, 23. Twenty-third District, 24. Twenty-fourth District, 25. Twenty-fifth District

Imported Documents

  • Report of the Committee on Rules and Order of Business (e830449) imports from Committee on Rules and Order of Business,
    on Friday, 05 July 1889, at 10:00
  • Report of the Committee on Official Stenographers (e830465) imports from Committee on Official Stenographer of Constitutional Convention,
    on Friday, 05 July 1889, at 14:00

Imported Amendments

Exported Documents

  • Resolution to Proceed to the Election of a Journal Clerk and Doorkeeper (e984121)
    • Imported by 'Resolution to Proceed to the Election of a Journal Clerk and Doorkeeper' (e984125) in Committee on Rules and Order of Business,
      on Saturday, 06 July 1889, at 10:00

Exported Amendments

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1889-07-11 Spokane Falls Review Pg. 9 (Discussion of July 6th) - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Spokane Falls Review.

1889-07-11 The Yakima Herald (Discussion of July 6th and 9th) - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Yakima Herald.

1889-07-12 Washington Standard, Page 01 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

1889-07-12 Washington Standard, Page 02 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

1889-07-12 Washington Standard, Page 03 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

Day 3 (July 6) Journal of Washington - (file)

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