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  1. Overview: Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
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  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Wednesday, 31 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 12974: 1889-07-31 09:00:00

Messages were submitted. The article on Militia was then agreed to and referred to the Committee on Revision, Adjustment, and Enrollment. The Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights then submitted a majority and minority report. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the discussion of the preamble and bill of rights. The committee reported the article for concurring in the Convention which was then referred to the Committee on Judicial Department. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for discussion of the report from the Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness. After a recess, substitutions for the report were presented in the Convention 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 from the Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights (e839278) imports from Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights,
    on Tuesday, 30 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Majority Report from the Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights (e839279) imports from Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights,
    on Tuesday, 30 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Article I [Preamble and Declaration of Rights, Convention] (e842524) imports from Committee of the Whole,
    on Wednesday, 31 July 1889, at 09:40

Imported Amendments

Exported Documents

  • Communication Relative to the Employment of Labor of Public Works (e839244)
    • Imported by 'Communication Relative to the Employment of Labor of Public Works' (e839246) in Committee on Legislative Department,
      on Wednesday, 31 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Communication from Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools (e839247)
    • Imported by 'Communication from Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools ' (e839249) in Committee on Education and Educational Institutions,
      on Wednesday, 31 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Petition Relating to the Sale of Tide Flat and Shore lands (e839250)
    • Imported by 'Petition Relating to the Sale of Tide Flat and Shore lands' (e839252) in Committee on State, School, and Granted Lands,
      on Wednesday, 31 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Communication Relating to Forms for Preamble and Bill of Rights (e839253)
    • Imported by 'Communication Relating to Forms for Preamble and Bill of Rights' (e839265) in Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights,
      on Wednesday, 31 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Petition from Pierce County Medical Society (e839255)
  • Telegram from O. E. Williams (e839258)
  • Petition Relative to the Sunday Rest Article (e839263)
  • Article X [Militia, Convention] (e842999)
  • Minority Report from the Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights (e839278)
  • Majority Report from the Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights (e839279)
  • Article I [Preamble and Declaration of Rights, Convention] (e842524)
    • Imported by 'Article I [Preamble & Declaration of Rights, Committee on Judicial Department]' (e844992) in Committee on Judicial Department,
      on Wednesday, 31 July 1889, at 00:00
  • Report of the Committee on State, County, and Municiple Indebtedness: Majority (e836419)
    • Imported by 'Report of the Committee on State, County, and Municipal Indebtedness: Majority' (e841481) in Committee of the Whole,
      on Wednesday, 31 July 1889, at 09:40
  • Report of the Committee on State, County, and Municiple Indebtedness: Minority (e836420)
    • Imported by 'Report of the Committee on State, County, and Municipal Indebtedness: Minority' (e841482) in Committee of the Whole,
      on Wednesday, 31 July 1889, at 09:40

Exported Amendments

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1889-08-01 Spokane Falls Review Pg. 1 (Discussion of July 31st) - (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 23 (July 31) Journal of Washington - (file)

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