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  1. Overview: Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
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  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Thursday, 25 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 12860: 1889-07-25 09:00:00

Messages and petitions were received. The majority and minority reports of Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness were presented. The report of the Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights was presented. The article on County, City, Township Organization was then taken up, discussed, adopted and referred to the Committe on Revision, Adjustment, and Enrollment. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to discuss the Report of the Committee on Executive Department and Pardoning Power.

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

  • Report of the Committee on State, County, and Municiple Indebtedness: Majority (e836419) imports from Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness,
    on Thursday, 25 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Report of the Committee on State, County, and Municiple Indebtedness: Minority (e836420) imports from Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness,
    on Thursday, 25 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Report of the Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights (e836508) imports from Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights,
    on Thursday, 25 July 1889, at 00:00

Imported Amendments

Exported Documents

  • Telegram From Seattle Chamber of Commerce (e835885)
  • Petition From Dr. H. T. Turner (e836206)
  • Petition From a K. of L. Assembly Number 115: First, Second, Third, and Fourth Sections (e836230)
    • Imported by 'Petition From a K. of L. Assembly Number 115: First, Second, Third, and Fourth Sections' (e836239) in Committee on Elections and Elective Rights,
      on Thursday, 25 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Petition From a K. of L. Assembly Number 115: Fifth Section (e836244)
    • Imported by 'Petition From a K. of L. Assembly Number 115: Fifth Section ' (e836249) in Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness,
      on Thursday, 25 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Petition From a K. of L. Assembly Number 115: Sixth Section (e836254)
    • Imported by 'Petition From a K. of L. Assembly Number 115: Sixth Section ' (e836258) in Committee on Revenue and Taxation,
      on Thursday, 25 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Petition From a K. of L. Assembly Number 115: Seventh Section (e836265)
    • Imported by 'Petition From a K. of L. Assembly Number 115: Seventh Section ' (e836267) in Committee on State, School, and Granted Lands,
      on Thursday, 25 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Petition From a K. of L. Assembly Number 115: Eighth and Ninth Sections (e836273)
    • Imported by 'Petition From a K. of L. Assembly Number 115: Eighth and Ninth Sections' (e836279) in Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights,
      on Thursday, 25 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Petition From a K. of L. Assembly Number 115: Tenth Section (e836282)
    • Imported by 'Petition From a K. of L. Assembly Number 115: Tenth Section ' (e836286) in Committee on Legislative Department,
      on Thursday, 25 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Petition From a K. of L. Assembly Number 115: Eleventh Section (e836288)
    • Imported by 'Petition From a K. of L. Assembly Number 115: Eleventh Section ' (e836293) in Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights,
      on Thursday, 25 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Petitions Relative to the Taxation of Church Property (e836531)
  • Article XI [County, City, Township Organization, Convention] (e838665)
    • Imported by 'Article XI [County, City, Township Organization]' (e840216) in Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment,
      on Thursday, 25 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Report of the Committee on Executive Department and Pardoning Power (e838701)

Exported Amendments

Resources (8):

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Resource Items (8):

1889-07-25 The Yakima Herald (Discussion of July 25th) - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Yakima Herald.

1889-07-26 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Discussions on July 25) - (file)

Digital scans of the original newspaper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

1889-07-26 Washington Standard, Page 01 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

1889-07-26 Washington Standard, Page 02 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

1889-07-26 Washington Standard, Page 03 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

1889-08-01 Spokane Falls Review Pg. 6 (Discussion of July 25th) - (file)

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

1889-08-02 Washington Standard, Page 01 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

Day 18 (July 25) Journal of Washington - (file)

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