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  1. Overview: Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
  2. Full Record: Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
  3. 18. Eighteenth District

Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889

Washington's first constitutional convention met between July and August 1889 to draft the state's foundational text.

18. Eighteenth District

This is one of the 26 delegations in the convention, accounting for 3 of 95 people who took part.

Members (3):

Name Visualize Details Delegations
Silvius A. Dickey Visualize A delegate from the Eighteenth District, the thirty-one year old teacher lived in Sackman, presently Tracyton, on Puget Sound. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1858. At the time of the Convention, he was superintendent and teacher in a school near Silverdale. Dickey served on the following committees: Education and Educational Institutions; Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments; State, School and Granted Lands. 18. Eighteenth District (This negotiation)
Richard Jeffs Visualize A delegate from the Eighteenth District, the sixty-two year old farmer lived in Pialschie (between Auburn and Kent) in King County. Born in New York, Jeffs came to Washington in 1847. He had been a justice of the peace and was engaged in husbandry and hop growing. Jeffs served on the following committees: County, City and Township Organization; Homestead and Property Exemptions. 18. Eighteenth District (This negotiation)
John C. Kellogg Visualize A delegate from the Eighteenth District, the sixty-nine year old doctor lived in Coupeville. Born in New York in 1821, he came to Puget Sound in 1852. He was a member of the territorial legislature in 1855-56. Kellogg served on the following committees: Preamble and Bill of Rights; State, School and Granted Lands. 18. Eighteenth District (This negotiation)