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  1. Overview: Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
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  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Tuesday, 16 July 1889, at 09:00

Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889

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

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Session 12730: 1889-07-16 09:00:00

The Committee on Judicial Department reported their proposed article, which was ordered printed and to lie over one day. Propositions were presented and referred to the relevant standing committees. The Committee on Rules and Order of Business submitted a report, which was adopted.

Membership (at session start):

Hiram E. Allen, Samuel H. Berry, Nelson Gates Blalock, Ozra A. Bowen, John J. Browne, Daniel Buchanan, James A. Burk, Harrison Clothier, 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, Albert Schooley, 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, J. J. Travis, George Turner, J. F. Van Name, C. H. Warner, Allen Weir, J. J. Weisenburger, Arnold J. West, H. C. Willison, Henry Winsor (75 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

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Imported Amendments

Exported Documents

  • Memorial from the Common Council of the City of Seattle (e832518)
    • Imported by 'Memorial from the Common Council of the City of Seattle' (e832574) in Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness,
      on Tuesday, 16 July 1889, at 09:00
  • Memorial on Agricultural Education (e832520)
  • Proposition by Mr. Jones (Cession to U.S. of Jurisdiction over Military and Naval Reservations) (e832536)
    • Imported by 'Proposition by Mr. Jones (Cession to U.S. of Jurisdiction over Military and Naval Reservations)' (e832572) in Committee on Federal Relations, Boundaries and Immigration,
      on Tuesday, 16 July 1889, at 09:00
  • Proposition by Mr. Suksdorf (Education) (e832538)
    • Imported by 'Proposition by Mr. Suksdorf (Education)' (e832576) in Committee on Education and Educational Institutions,
      on Tuesday, 16 July 1889, at 09:00
  • Proposition by Mr. Suksdorf (State Roads) (e832541)
    • Imported by 'Proposition by Mr. Suksdorf (State Roads)' (e832577) in Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments,
      on Tuesday, 16 July 1889, at 09:00
  • Proposition by Mr. Kinnear (Secret Ballot) (e832543)
  • Proposition by Mr. Dyer (Holding Office by Appointment or Otherwise) (e832545)
    • Imported by 'Proposition In Regard to Holding Office by Appointment or Otherwise' (e832579) in Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments,
      on Tuesday, 16 July 1889, at 09:00
  • Proposition by Mr. Hicks (Secret Ballots) (e832548)
  • Proposition by Mr. Hicks (Right to Bear Arms) (e832550)
  • Proposition by Mr. Tibbetts (Voting by Australian System) (e832553)
    • Imported by 'Proposition by Mr. Tibbetts (Voting by Australian System)' (e832583) in Committee on Elections and Elective Rights,
      on Tuesday, 16 July 1889, at 09:00
  • Proposition by Mr. Allen (Time within which Action May Be Begun by States Against Persons) (e832555)
    • Imported by 'Proposition by Mr. Allen (Time within which Action May Be Begun by States Against Persons)' (e832587) in Committee on Judicial Department,
      on Tuesday, 16 July 1889, at 09:00
  • Proposition by Mr. Allen (Compensation of Public Officers by Salary and of Fees) (e832557)
    • Imported by 'Proposition Relative to Compensation of Public Officers by Salary and of Fees' (e832589) in Committee on Judicial Department,
      on Tuesday, 16 July 1889, at 09:00
  • Proposition by Mr. Allen (Qualification of Electors) (e832559)
    • Imported by 'Proposition by Mr. Allen (Qualification of Electors)' (e832584) in Committee on Elections and Elective Rights,
      on Tuesday, 16 July 1889, at 09:00
  • Proposition by Mr. Weisenberger (Alien Ownership of Land) (e832561)
    • Imported by 'Proposition by Mr. Weisenberger (Alien Ownership of Land)' (e832590) in Committee on State, School, and Granted Lands,
      on Tuesday, 16 July 1889, at 09:00
  • Proposition by Mr. Berry (Military Affairs) (e832564)

Exported Amendments

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1889-07-18 Spokane Falls Review Pg. 1 (Discussion of July 16th) - (file)

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

1889-07-19 Washington Standard, Page 01 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

1889-07-19 Washington Standard, Page 02 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

1889-07-19 Washington Standard, Page 03 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

Day 10 (July 16) Journal of Washington - (file)

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