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  4. Thursday, 08 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.

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Session 13226: 1889-08-08 09:00:00

Messages were submitted. The Compact with the United States and the report of the Committee on Water and Water Rights were presented. A resolution to appoint a Committee on State Seal was presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the article on State Institutions and Public Buildings. The committee reported the article back to the Convention for concurring, and the Convention agreed to the article as amended. The article on the Seat of Government was then taken up and agreed to as amended. The report of the Committee on Elections and Elective Rights as well as the report of the Committee on Legislative Department were presented. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the article on Legislative Department. A telegram from the Idaho Constitutional Convention was then submitted 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

Imported Amendments

Exported Documents

  • Communication from C. D. Potter relating to Sunday law (e845094)
    • Imported by 'Communication from C. D. Potter relating to Sunday law' (e845096) in Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments,
      on Thursday, 08 August 1889, at 00:00
  • Report from Committee on State Institutions and Public Buildings [State Institutions and Public Buildings] (e843431)
    • Imported by 'Report from Committee on State Institutions and Public Buildings [State Institutions and Public Buildings]' (e901518) in Committee of the Whole,
      on Thursday, 08 August 1889, at 10:20
  • Report from Committee on State Institutions and Public Buildings [Seat of Government] (e843448)
  • Article XIII [State Institutions and Public Buildings, Convention] (e845419)
    • Imported by 'Article XIII [State Institutions and Public Buildings]' (e863778) in Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment,
      on Thursday, 08 August 1889, at 00:00
  • Article XIV [Seat of Government, Convention] (e863805)
  • Minority Report from Committee on Legislative Department (e902163)
  • Report from the Committee on Legislative Department (e845847)

Exported Amendments

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1889-08-08 The Yakima Herald (Discussion of August 8th) - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Yakima Herald.

1889-08-09 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Discussions on August 8) - (file)

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

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.

1889-08-16 Washington Standard, Page 01 - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.

Day 30 (August 8) Journal of Washington - (file)

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