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Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889

Constitution Writing in the American West (NEH)

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

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Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889

Committees (31)

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The Convention
Committee of the Whole
Committee on Credentials
Committee on Rules and Order of Business
Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights
Committee on Elections and Elective Rights
Committee on Legislative Department
Committee on Executive Department and Pardoning Power
Committee on Judicial Department
Committee on Military Affairs
Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness
Committee on Education and Educational Institutions
Committee on County, City and Township Organizations
Committee on Apportionment and Representation
Committee on Revenue and Taxation
Committee on Corporations other than Municipal
Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects, Schedule and Future Amendments
Committee on Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment
Committee on Engrossment
Committee on Water and Water Rights
Committee on Agriculture, Manufacture, Fisheries and Commerce
Committee on Mining and Mining Interests
Committee on Printing, Mileage and Contingent Expenses
Committee on Harbors, Tidewater and Navigable Streams
Committee on Homestead and Property Exemptions
Committee on State, School, and Granted Lands
Committee on Federal Relations, Boundaries and Immigration
Committee on State Medicine and Public Hygiene
Committee on Official Stenographer of Constitutional Convention
Committee on State Institutions and Public Buildings
Committee on State Seal

Delegations (26)

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

Individuals (95)

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Hiram E. Allen
C. M. Barton
Samuel H. Berry
Nelson Gates Blalock
John I. Booge
Ozra A. Bowen
Alonzo C. Bowman
Lillie Brown
John J. Browne
Daniel Buchanan
James A. Burk
John T. Carrere
N. T. Caton
Harrison Clothier
Charles P. Coey
George Comegys
Samuel G. Cosgrove
H. D. Cowles
Daniel J. Crowley
Frank M. Dallam
Silvius A. Dickey
Ralph Oregon Dunbar
David E. Durie
Trusten P. Dyer
C. B. Eaton
Edward Eldridge
Jacob T. Eshelman
Hanford Wentworth Fairweather
Charles T. Fay
Benjamin B. Glascock
Melvin M. Godman
John F. Gowey
W. B. Gray
Thomas C. Griffitts
Willie Hagemeyer
J. D. Hannegan
Thomas Hayton
Francis Henry
Gwin Hicks
John P. Hoyt
James A. Hungate
Robert Jamieson
Richard Jeffs
P. B. Johnson
George H. Jones
Oliver H. Joy
John C. Kellogg
John R. Kinnear
Belle Lampkin
J. H. Leiter
Henry M. Lillis
Addison A. Lindsley
S. H. Manly
Joshua Philander T. McCroskey
J. T. McDonald
Matt J. McElroy
John McReavey
Thomas T. Minor
Austin Mires
James Z. Moore
Robert S. More
Morgan Morgans
Lewis Neace
W. L. Newton
James Power
O. C. Pratt
William F. Prosser
John M. Reed
Thomas M. Reed
Albert Schooley
B. L. Sharpstein
John A. Shoudy
Louis Sohns
George H. Stevenson
Theodore L. Stiles
Robert F. Sturdevant
H. F. Suksdorf
E. H. Sullivan
P. C. Sullivan
Levi Summers
May Sylvester
Rev. J. R. Thompson
George W. Tibbetts
J. J. Travis
George Turner
J. F. Van Name
W. W. Waltman
C. H. Warner
Allen Weir
J. J. Weisenburger
Richard O. Welts
Arnold J. West
O. C. White
H. C. Willison
Henry Winsor