- Wednesday, 24 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.
The Convention
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Session 12809: 1889-07-24 09:00:00
Messages and propositions were presented. The Article on Judicial Department was then taken up and discussed before it was finally adopted and referred to the Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment. The reports of the Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments were discussed and referred. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole taking the report of the Committee on county, City and Township Organization for discussion. The committee rose to concur the amendments in the Convention and laid the article on the table before adjournment.
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
- Minority Report of the Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments (e836517) imports from Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments,
on Tuesday, 23 July 1889, at 00:00 - Article XI [County, City, Township Organization, Convention] (e838665) imports from Committee of the Whole,
on Wednesday, 24 July 1889, at 00:00
Imported Amendments
Exported Documents
- Telegram Relating to the Observance of the Sabbath (e833937)
- Imported by 'Telegram Relating to the Observance of the Sabbath' (e869899) in Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights,
on Wednesday, 24 July 1889, at 00:00
- Imported by 'Telegram Relating to the Observance of the Sabbath' (e869899) in Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights,
- Proposition Relative to Prohibition (e833939)
- Imported by 'Proposition Relative to Prohibition' (e869900) in Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments,
on Wednesday, 24 July 1889, at 00:00
- Imported by 'Proposition Relative to Prohibition' (e869900) in Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments,
- Proposition Relative to State, County and Municipal Indebtedness (e833941)
- Imported by 'Proposition Relative to State, County and Municipal Indebtedness ' (e869901) in Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness,
on Wednesday, 24 July 1889, at 00:00
- Imported by 'Proposition Relative to State, County and Municipal Indebtedness ' (e869901) in Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness,
- Article IV [The Judiciary, Convention] (e837332)
- Imported by 'Article IV: [The Judiciary, Committee on Revision]' (e860374) in Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment,
on Wednesday, 24 July 1889, at 00:00
- Imported by 'Article IV: [The Judiciary, Committee on Revision]' (e860374) in Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment,
- Article on Organization of Counties, Cities and Township (e834410)
- Imported by 'Article on Organization of Counties, Cities and Township' (e837513) in Committee of the Whole,
on Wednesday, 24 July 1889, at 00:00
- Imported by 'Article on Organization of Counties, Cities and Township' (e837513) in Committee of the Whole,
Exported Amendments
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Resource Items (7):
1889-07-25 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Discussions on July 24 pg. 2) - (file)
Digital scans of the original newspaper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
1889-07-25 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Discussions on July 24) - (file)
Digital scans of the original newspaper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
1889-07-25 Spokane Falls Review Pg. 1 (Discussion of July 24th) - (file)
Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Spokane Falls Review.
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