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  1. Overview: Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
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  4. Friday, 26 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 12865: 1889-07-26 09:00:00

Messages were received. The Report of the Committee on Corporations Other Than Municipal was presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to discuss the Article on Executive Department and Pardoning Power. The Committee of the Whole then reported the Article on Executive Department to the Convention.

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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Exported Documents

  • Letter from Robert A. Connell concerning Agricultural Education (e835918)
    • Imported by 'Letter from Robert A. Connell concerning Agricultural Education' (e837369) in Committee on Education and Educational Institutions,
      on Friday, 26 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Memorial from Lewis County Bar on Probate Matters (e835921)
  • Petitions on the Taxation of Church Property (e835924)
  • Memorial from Lewis County Bar on Probate Matters: Mr. Joy (e835927)
    • Imported by 'Memorial from Lewis County Bar on Probate Matters: Mr. Joy' (e837380) in Committee on Judicial Department,
      on Friday, 26 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Rev. W. F. Crafts on the Sunday Rest Movement (e835930)
    • Imported by 'Rev. W. F. Crafts on the Sunday Rest Movement' (e837382) in Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights,
      on Friday, 26 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Petition from the Typographical Union No. 202 (e835933)
    • Imported by 'Petition from the Typographical Union No. 202' (e837383) in Committee on Printing, Mileage and Contingent Expenses,
      on Friday, 26 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Petition Relating to the Taxation of Church Property (e835936)
    • Imported by 'Petition Relating to the Taxation of Church Property' (e837384) in Committee on Revenue and Taxation,
      on Friday, 26 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Report of the Committee on Executive Department and Pardoning Power (e838701)
  • Telegram from Secretary Wheelwright (e835955)

Exported Amendments

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1889-07-27 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Discussions on July 26) - (file)

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

1889-08-01 Spokane Falls Review Pg. 5 (Discussion of July 26th) - (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.

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

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

1889-08-02 Washington Standard, Page 03 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

Day 19 (July 26) Journal of Washington - (file)

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