- Saturday, 17 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 13803: 1889-08-17 09:00:00
The Committe on State Seal submitted a report. The article on State, School and Granted Lands was then reported from the Committee on the Whole, and the Convention began concurring the amendments made. The article was voted upon and agreed to as amended. The report of the Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments was then taken up. After deliberation, the report was referred back to the Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments.
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 from the Committee on State Seal (e859233) imports from Committee on State Seal,
on Saturday, 17 August 1889, at 00:00 - Article XVI [Schools and Granted Lands, Convention] (e860454) imports from Committee of the Whole,
on Friday, 16 August 1889, at 09:40
Imported Amendments
Exported Documents
- Article XVI [Schools and Granted Lands, Convention] (e860454)
- Report from Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments (e861845)
- Imported by 'Article XXVII [Schedule, Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects]' (e863144) in Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments,
on Saturday, 17 August 1889, at 00:00
- Imported by 'Article XXVII [Schedule, Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects]' (e863144) in Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments,
Exported Amendments
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Resource Items (7):
1889-08-19 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Discussions on August 17) - (file)
Digital scans of the original newspaper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
1889-08-22 Spokane Falls Review Pg. 6 (Discussion of Aug 17th) - (file)
Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Spokane Falls Review.
1889-08-23 Washington Standard, Page 01 - (file)
Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Washington Standard.
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