Idaho State Constitutional Convention 1889

Idaho's Constitutional Convention went from July 4, 1889 - August 6, 1889. Using the work that began in the standing committees, drafted reports or articles became the ratified Idaho Constitution in November 1889.

The Convention

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Session 17057: 1889-07-29 09:00:00

Article III was sent to the Committee on Engrossment. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of the Whole to consider the article on Salaries of Public Officers. Articles IV, III, XV, and XIII were discussed further by the Convention.

Membership (at session start):

George Ainslie, W. C. B. Allen, Robert Anderson, Norman I. Andrews, Henry Armstrong, James W. Ballentine, Orlando B. Batten, Frank W. Beane, James H. Beatty, A. D. Bevan, Henry B. Blake, John W. Brigham, Fred Campbell, Frank P. Cavanah, A. S. Chaney, William H. Claggett, Charles A. Clark, Isaac N. Coston, Abraham J. Crook, James I. Crutcher, Stephen S. Glidden, John S. Gray, Albert Hagan, William M. Hammell, H. S. Hampton, Henry O. Harkness, Frank Harris, Solomon Hasbrouck, Charles Marshall Hays, Wilbur A. Hendryx, Weldon B. Heyburn, John Hogan, Jonathan M. Howe, Edward S. Jewell, George W. King, Harry B. Kinport, James W. Lamoreaux, Robert Larimer, John Lemp, John Lewis, William C. Maxey, Alex E. Mayhew, William J. McConnell, Patrick M. McMahon, Henry Melder, John T. Morgan, Albert B. Moss, John H. Myer, T. F. Nelson, Aaron F. Parker, Peter J. Pefley, Abel J. Pierce, Adoniram J. Pinkham, James W. Poe, Samuel J. Pritchard, Thomas Pyeatt, James W. Reid, Warren D. Robbins, Orange J. Salisbury, William H. Savidge, James M. Shoup, Augustine M. Sinnott, Drew W. Standrod, Frank M. Steunenberg, Homer Stull, Willis Sweet, Samuel F. Taylor, John L. Underwood, Lycurgus Vineyard, J. S. Whitton, Edgar Wilson, William W. Woods (72 total)

Representing 18 delegations:

Ada County, Alturas County, Bear Lake County, Bingham County, Boise County, Cassia County, Custer County, Elmore County, Idaho County, Kootenai County, Latah County, Lemhi County, Logan County, Nez Perce County, Oneida County, Owyhee County, Shoshone County, Washington County


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  • Article III [Legislative Department, Convention] (e971208)
  • Resolution on State Elections (e971460)
    • Imported by 'Motion for Mr. Ainslie's Resolutions be Referred to the Committee on Schedule Without Instruction' (e975868) in Committee on Schedule,
      on Monday, 29 July 1889, at 09:00
  • Article [Salaries of Public Officers, Committee on Salaries of Public Officers] (e971523)
  • Article III [Legislative Department, Convention] (e971543)
  • Article III [Legislative Department, Convention] (e971543)
    • Imported by 'Article III [Legislative Department, Committee on Revision and Enrollment]' (e975935) in Committee on Revision and Enrollment,
      on Monday, 29 July 1889, at 09:00
  • Article XV [Manufactures, Agriculture and Irrigation, Committee on Revision and Enrollment] (e971555)
    • Imported by 'Article XV [Manufactures, Agriculture and Irrigation, Committee on Revision and Enrollment]' (e975940) in Committee on Revision and Enrollment,
      on Tuesday, 30 July 1889, at 09:00

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