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South Dakota State Constitutional Convention 1889

Following the rejected 'Sioux Falls' Convention of 1885, the South Dakota Convention met and began the drafting process in July of 1889. They used the articles of the Sioux Falls Convention as starting propositions to begin the amendment process. The South Dakota Constitution was ratified in October 1889.

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Committee on Congressional and Legislative Apportionment Committee on Judiciary Committee on Schedule Committee on Name, Boundary and Seat of Government Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness Committee on Executive and Administrative Committee on Legislative Committee on Bill of Rights Committee on Election and Rights of Suffrage Committee on Education and School Lands Committee on Corporations Other Than Banking or Municipal Committee on Municipal Corporations Committee on County and Township Organization Committee on Revenue and Finance

Committee on Public Accounts and Expenditures Committee on State Institutions and Public Buildings The Convention Committee of the Whole Committee on Mines, Mining and Water Rights Committee on Roads, Bridges and Other Internal Improvements Committee on Exemptions Committee on Rights of Married Women Committee on Banking and Currency Committee on Military Affairs Committee on Amendments and Revision of the Constitution Committee on Printing Committee on Seal Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects

Committee on Compensation of Public Officers Committee on Arrangement and Phraseology Committee on Manufactures and Agriculture Committee on Expenses of the Convention Committee on Engrossment and Enrollment Committee on Rules and Order of Business Committee on Federal Relations Committee of Three on Proofreading Committee of Special Reference on the Communication Committee of Five on Securing the Publication of the Constitution and Schedule Committee of Three on Mileage Committee Amendments Test Area Senatorial Conference

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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 Delegation 24. Twenty-fourth District 25. Twenty-fifth District Convention Officers Guest

Individuals

R. C. Anderson I. Atkinson Andrew J. Berdahl Lyman T. Boucher S. F. Brott Theron G. Brown Christian Buechler Rev. F. A. Burdick E. W. Caldwell H. J. Campbell James Carney Frank E. Clough E. E. Clough Clark G. Coats William Cook George C. Cooper Dighton Corson Peter Couchman Harry T. Craig George H. Culver J. G. Davies W. G. Dickinson T. F. Diefendorf Joshua Downing H. W. Eddy A. J. Edgerton Edward G. Edgerton William Elliot H. F. Fellows J. A. Fowles

C. S. Gifford W. H. Goddard Ivan W. Goodner David Hall C. J. B. Harris C. G. Hartley Martin R. Heninger L. H. Hole Mr. Frank Hoppin Charles A. Houlton H. A. Humphrey S. F. Huntley Dr. A. W. Hyde S. D. Jeffries John L. Jolley Albert J. Keith A. G. Kellam J. Kimball T. W. P. Lee R. F. Lyons W. H. Matson William McCusick A. B. McFarland Valentine T. McGillicuddy G. C. Moody W. H. Murphy Henry Neill William S. O'Brien Sanford Parker S. S. Peck

Chas. H. Price S. A. Ramsey John Henninger Reagan A. O. Ringsrud John Scollard Carl G. Sherwood Robert A. Smith I. R. Spooner Thomas Sterling William Morris Stewart William Stoddard M. P. Stroupe Charles M. Thomas Thomas W. Thompson C. H. Van Tassel S. B. VanBuskirk William VanEps Mr. Rev. Wakefield Charles C. Walts Mr. E. C. Warner C. R. Wescott S. A. Wheeler John F. Whitlock William T. Williams H. M. Williamson J. V. Willis Chauncey L. Wood J. F. Wood F. G. Young Joseph Zitka

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