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  1. Overview: Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
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  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Friday, 02 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 13045: 1889-08-02 09:00:00

Messages were received. The Rules of the Convention were then taken up and amended. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to discuss the article on Corporations Other Than Municipal. The minority report from the Committee on Granted Lands was then submitted 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

Imported Documents

  • Minority Report Relative to the State, School and Granted Lands (e841281) imports from Committee on State, School, and Granted Lands,
    on Friday, 02 August 1889, at 00:00

Imported Amendments

Exported Documents

  • Telegram From the Board of Trade of the City of Ellensburg (e840672)
    • Imported by 'Telegram From the Board of Trade of the City of Ellensburg' (e840674) in Committee on Corporations other than Municipal,
      on Friday, 02 August 1889, at 00:00
  • Telegram From the Board of Trade of Spokane Falls (e840675)
    • Imported by 'Telegram From the Board of Trade of Spokane Falls' (e840677) in Committee on Corporations other than Municipal,
      on Friday, 02 August 1889, at 00:00
  • Telegram From the City Council of Spokane Falls (e840678)
    • Imported by 'Telegram From the City Council of Spokane Falls' (e840680) in Committee on Corporations other than Municipal,
      on Friday, 02 August 1889, at 00:00
  • Communication From the Tacoma Typographical Union No. 170 (e840681)
  • Communication From Eesinger, Forest Commissioner of Colorado (e840684)
    • Imported by 'Communication From Eesinger, Forest Commissioner of Colorado' (e840686) in Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments,
      on Friday, 02 August 1889, at 00:00
  • Petition From the Board of Trade of Aberdeen (e840687)
  • Message from Whitman County Farmers' Alliance (e840688)
  • Memorial From the Board of Trade of Vancouver (e841274)
  • Memorial Relating to Public Health and Hygiene (e841290)

Exported Amendments

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1889-08-03 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Discussions on August 2) - (file)

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

1889-08-08 Spokane Falls Review Pg. 3 (Discussion of Aug 2nd) - (file)

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

1889-08-09 Washington Standard, Page 01 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

1889-08-09 Washington Standard, Page 02 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

1889-08-09 Washington Standard, Page 03 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

Day 25 (August 2) Journal of Washington - (file)

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