- Thursday, 01 August 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 13029: 1889-08-01 09:00:00
A message was submitted. The reports of the Committees on Water and Water Rights and State, School and Granted lands were presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to consider the report of the Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness. The Committee rose to report the article to the Convention, which was discussed further and agreed to. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the report from the Committee on Corporations Other Than Municipal.
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 Water and Water Rights (e840798) imports from Committee on Water and Water Rights,
on Thursday, 01 August 1889, at 00:00 - Report of the Committee on State, School and Granted Lands (e840802) imports from Committee on State, School, and Granted Lands,
on Thursday, 01 August 1889, at 00:00 - Article VIII [State, County and Municipal Indebtedness, Convention] (e844958) imports from Committee of the Whole,
on Thursday, 01 August 1889, at 09:30
Imported Amendments
Exported Documents
- Article VIII [State, County and Municipal Indebtedness, Convention] (e844958)
- Imported by 'Article VIII [State, County and Municipal Indebtedness]' (e865600) in Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment,
on Thursday, 01 August 1889, at 00:00
- Imported by 'Article VIII [State, County and Municipal Indebtedness]' (e865600) in Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment,
- Report of the Committee on Corporations Other Than Municipal (e836334)
- Imported by 'Report of the Committee on Corporations Other Than Municipal' (e843395) in Committee of the Whole,
on Thursday, 01 August 1889, at 09:30
- Imported by 'Report of the Committee on Corporations Other Than Municipal' (e843395) in Committee of the Whole,
Exported Amendments
Resources (9):
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Resource Items (9):
1889-08-01 The Yakima Herald (Discussion of August 1st) - (file)
Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Yakima Herald.
1889-08-01 The Yakima Herald pg.2 (Discussion of August 1st) - (file)
Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Yakima Herald.
1889-08-02 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Discussions on August 1) - (file)
Digital scans of the original newspaper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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.
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