- Monday, 22 July 1889, at 13:30
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 12799: 1889-07-22 13:30:00
A resolution asking the Committee on Judicial Department prepare an article on impeachment was presented and adopted. Mr. Prosser presented a report on the payment of the court clerks and pages. Messages were received. The Committee on County, City and Township Organization reported the Article on Organization of Counties, Cities and Township. A proposition regarding steamboat passes was presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to further discuss the article on Judicial Department. The Committee of the Whole reported their progress, and the Convention began concurring the amendments made and further amended the article. The report of the Committee on Printing was then taken up.
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
Imported Documents
- Article on Organization of Counties, Cities and Township (e834410) imports from Committee on County, City and Township Organizations,
on Saturday, 20 July 1889, at 00:00 - Article IV [The Judiciary, Convention] (e837332) imports from Committee of the Whole,
on Monday, 22 July 1889, at 14:00
Imported Amendments
- Article IV [The Judiciary]: Amendments (e837859) imports from The Convention,
on Monday, 22 July 1889, at 13:30 - Article IV [The Judiciary]: Section 5: Amendment (e837860) imports from The Convention,
on Monday, 22 July 1889, at 13:30
Exported Documents
- Resolution from the Teachers of the Fourth Judicial District (e834261)
- Imported by 'Resolution from the Teachers of the Fourth Judicial District' (e834268) in Committee on Education and Educational Institutions,
on Monday, 22 July 1889, at 00:00
- Imported by 'Resolution from the Teachers of the Fourth Judicial District' (e834268) in Committee on Education and Educational Institutions,
- Petition by Mr. Gowey: Taxation of Church Property (e834266)
- Imported by 'Petition by Mr. Gowey: Taxation of Church Property' (e834269) in Committee on Revenue and Taxation,
on Monday, 22 July 1889, at 00:00
- Imported by 'Petition by Mr. Gowey: Taxation of Church Property' (e834269) in Committee on Revenue and Taxation,
- Proposition Relative to Passes over any Railroad or Steamboat Line (e834431)
- Imported by 'Proposition Relative Passes over any Railroad or Steamboat Line' (e834437) in Committee on Corporations other than Municipal,
on Monday, 22 July 1889, at 00:00
- Imported by 'Proposition Relative Passes over any Railroad or Steamboat Line' (e834437) in Committee on Corporations other than Municipal,
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