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  1. Overview: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
  2. Full Record: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Thursday, 19 September 1889, at 09:00

Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889

The Wyoming Constitution Convention began September 2, 1889 without the authorization from an enabling act. The articles were individually voted on, creating the final Constitution of Wyoming on September 30, 1889. It was later ratified on November 5, 1889.

The Convention

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Session 5844: 1889-09-19 09:00:00

Propositions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. The reports of the standing and special committees were presented. The Convention then did a line by line reading of the article on Suffrage. The Convention then resolved into the Committee of Whole. The committee reported their progress on the article on Legislative Apportionment.

Membership (at session start):

Merris C. Barrow, George W. Baxter, Melville C. Brown, Charles W. Burdick, Charles H. Burritt, Robert C. Butler, Anthony C. Campbell, James A. Casebeer, William E. Chaplin, Clarence D. Clark, Henry A. Coffeen, Asbury B. Conaway, Stephen W. Downey, Henry S. Elliott, George Ferris, Frank M. Foote, George W. Fox, Meyer Frank, Mortimer N. Grant, Frederick H. Harvey, Henry G. Hay, Charles W. Holden, Mark Hopkins, John W. Hoyt, William C. Irvine, John K. Jeffrey, James A. Johnston, Johnathan Jones, Jesse Knight, John M. McCandlish, John McGill, Herman F. Menough, Elliot S. N. Morgan, Edward J. Morris, Herman G. Nickerson, Caleb P. Organ, Louis J. Palmer, Charles N. Potter, Douglas A. Preston, Thomas R. Reid, DeForest Richards, John A. Riner, John L. Russell, Richard H. Scott, George C. Smith, Alexander L. Sutherland, Hubert E. Teschemacher, Charles L. Vagner (48 total)

Representing 10 delegations:

Albany County, Carbon County, Converse County, Crook County, Fremont County, Johnson County, Laramie County, Sheridan County, Sweetwater County, Uinta County

Imported Documents

Imported Amendments

Exported Documents

  • Declaration of Rights [File No. 81, Convention] (e663175)
    • Imported by 'Declaration of Rights [File No. 81, Committee on Preamble and Declaration of Rights]' (e716377) in Committee on Preamble and Declaration of Rights,
      on Friday, 20 September 1889, at 00:00
  • Letter from Posey S. Wilson: 1889-09-19 (e717709)
  • Substitute for Files No. 35 and 57 [Convention] (e663796)
  • Police Powers [File No. 82, Convention] (e663391)
    • Imported by 'Police Powers [File No. 82, Committee on Manufactures, Commerce, Live Stock Interests and Labor]' (e716382) in Committee on Manufactures, Commerce, Livestock Interests and Labor,
      on Thursday, 19 September 1889, at 10:00
  • Concerning Suffrage [File No. 68, Convention] (e677151)
    • Imported by 'Concerning Suffrage [File No. 68, Committee of Revision and Adjustment]' (e727395) in Committee of Revision and Adjustment,
      on Friday, 20 September 1889, at 00:00
  • Salaries of Public Officers [File No. 83, Convention] (e663800)
    • Imported by 'Salaries of Public Officers [File No. 83, Committee on Salaries of Public Officers]' (e701110) in Committee on Salaries of Public Officers,
      on Thursday, 19 September 1889, at 00:00
  • Concerning Contracts of Employees [File No. 70, Convention] (e677131)
    • Imported by 'Concerning Contracts of Employees [File No. 70, Committee of Revision and Adjustment]' (e716395) in Committee of Revision and Adjustment,
      on Friday, 20 September 1889, at 00:00
  • Substitute for Files No. 11, 38, 42 and 72 [Convention] (e663971)
  • Concerning Live Stock [File No. 78, Convention] (e677132)
  • Concerning Apportionment and Legislative Department [File No. 76, Convention]: Sections 1-2 and 6-48 (e681237)
  • Concerning Apportionment and Legislative Department [File No. 76, Convention]: Sections 3-5 (e681238)
    • Imported by 'Concerning Legislative Department [File No. 76, Committee on Boundaries and Apportionment]: Sections 3-5' (e717691) in Committee on Boundaries and Apportionment,
      on Friday, 20 September 1889, at 00:00

Exported Amendments

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1889-09-19 Debates WY - (file)

Digital scan of the original Debates of the Wyoming Constitutional Convention 1889.

1889-09-19 Journal WY - (file)

Digital scan of the original Journal of the Wyoming Constitutional Convention 1889.

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