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  1. Overview: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
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  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Monday, 23 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.

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Session 6018: 1889-09-23 09:00:00

Reports from the Committee on Preamble and Declaration of Rights were presented for consideration. The Convention resolved into the Committee of the Whole. The committee reported their progress on the articles concerning the Legislative Department, Labor, Federal Relations, as well as Boards of Arbitration. Standing committees presented additional reports for consideration.

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

  • Preamble [File No. 88, Convention] (e676571)
  • Resolution to Offer Approbation to the Establishment of a Deep Water Harbor on the Texas Coast (e676639)
    • Imported by 'Resolution to Offer Approbation to the Establishment of a Deep Water Harbor on the Texas Coast' (e676644) in Committee on Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Rights,
      on Monday, 23 September 1889, at 00:00
  • Majority Report from Committee No. 2 on File No. 76: 1889-09-23 (e701815)
  • Majority Report from Committee No. 6 on File No. 76: 1889-09-23 (e701818)
  • Concerning Legislative Department [File No. 76, Convention] (e701820)
    • Imported by 'Concerning Legislative Department [File No. 76, Committee on Revision and Adjustment]' (e702038) in Committee of Revision and Adjustment,
      on Tuesday, 24 September 1889, at 00:00
  • Resolution Relative to Deep Water Harbors on the Texas Coast of the Gulf of Mexico (e679374)
  • Chinese Labor [File No. 66, Convention] (e706381)
  • Substitute for File No. 50 [Convention]: Section 28 (e706675)
    • Imported by 'Substitute for File No. 50 [Committee on Revision and Adjustment]: Section 28' (e707523) in Committee of Revision and Adjustment,
      on Tuesday, 24 September 1889, at 00:00
  • Concerning Boards of Arbitration [File No. 84, Convention] (e707918)
    • Imported by 'Concerning Boards of Arbitration [File No. 84, Committee on Revision and Adjustment] ' (e708990) in Committee of Revision and Adjustment,
      on Tuesday, 24 September 1889, at 00:00
  • Substitute for Relating to Railroad and Telegraph Lines [File No. 31, Convention] (e722316)
    • Imported by 'Substitute for Relating to Railroad and Telegraph Lines [File No. 31, Committee of Revision and Adjustment]' (e722326) in Committee of Revision and Adjustment,
      on Tuesday, 24 September 1889, at 00:00
  • Substitute for File No. 82 [Convention] (e723941)
  • Federal Relations [File No. 60, Convention] (e726682)
  • Concerning Labor [File No. 85, Convention] (e726502)

Exported Amendments

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1889-09-23 Debates WY - (file)

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

1889-09-23 Journal WY - (file)

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

1889-09-24 Cheyenne Daily Leader (Discussion of Previous Day) - (file)

Digital scan of the original newspaper, the Cheyenne Daily Leader.

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