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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.

Cite as: Cashlyn English, Nic Jensen, Jordan Artigas, Kaylee Bishop, Liné Fourie, Grace Yeager, Nicholas Cole, Elizabeth Green, Lauren Davis , South Dakota State Constitutional Convention 1889, Quill Project at Pembroke College (Oxford, 2020-2023).

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Debates of The South Dakota Constitutional Convention, July 1889, Volume 2

Editorial Decision

Journal of The Constitutional Convention of South Dakota, July 1889

Delegations (25 voting)

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

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Committees (41)

Committee on Congressional and Legislative Apportionment

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Created on: 1889-07-04 00:00:00

Dissolved on: 1889-08-05 00:00:00

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Committee on Judiciary

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Created on: 1889-07-04 00:00:00

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Committee on Schedule

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Committee on Name, Boundary and Seat of Government

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Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness

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Committee on Executive and Administrative

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Committee on Legislative

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Committee on Bill of Rights

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Committee on Election and Rights of Suffrage

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Created on: 1889-07-04 00:00:00

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Committee on Education and School Lands

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Created on: 1889-07-04 00:00:00

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Committee on Corporations Other Than Banking or Municipal

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Committee on Municipal Corporations

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Committee on County and Township Organization

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Committee on Revenue and Finance

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Committee on Public Accounts and Expenditures

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Committee on State Institutions and Public Buildings

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The Convention

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Committee of the Whole

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Committee on Mines, Mining and Water Rights

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Committee on Roads, Bridges and Other Internal Improvements

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Committee on Exemptions

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Created on: 1889-07-04 00:00:00

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Committee on Rights of Married Women

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Created on: 1889-07-04 00:00:00

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Committee on Banking and Currency

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Committee on Military Affairs

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Committee on Amendments and Revision of the Constitution

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Created on: 1889-07-04 00:00:00

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Committee on Printing

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Committee on Seal

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Committee on Miscellaneous Subjects

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Committee on Compensation of Public Officers

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Committee on Arrangement and Phraseology

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Committee on Manufactures and Agriculture

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Committee on Expenses of the Convention

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Committee on Engrossment and Enrollment

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Committee on Rules and Order of Business

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Committee on Federal Relations

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Created on: 1889-07-04 00:00:00

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Committee of Three on Proofreading

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Created on: 1889-07-10 00:00:00

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Committee of Special Reference on the Communication

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Created on: 1889-07-23 00:00:00

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Committee of Five on Securing the Publication of the Constitution and Schedule

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Created on: 1889-08-01 00:00:00

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Committee of Three on Mileage

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Committee Amendments Test Area

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Senatorial Conference

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Created on: 1889-08-02 00:00:00

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South Dakota Journal

A collection of the South Dakota Journal from the 1889 Constitutional Convention.

South Dakota Newspaper: The Mitchell Capital

A collection of the digital scans of the original newspaper, the Mitchell Capital, for the record of the South Dakota Constitutional Convention 1889.

South Dakota Newspaper: The Sully County Watchman

A collection of the digital scans of the original newspaper, the Sully County Watchman, for the record of the South Dakota Constitutional Convention 1889.

South Dakota Newspaper: Turner County Herald

A collection of the digital scans of the original newspaper, the Turner County Herald, for the record of the South Dakota Constitutional Convention 1889.

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