- Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889 Summary Statistics
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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.
Cite as: Hector Manzanerez, Joseph Andersen-Stanley, Yana Anderson-Stanley, Ethan Bassett, Tori Crane, Cashlyn English, Daniel Little, Ashlynn Poleman, Hannah Thayne, Chris Vizcardo, Nicholas Cole, Lauren Davis, Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889, Quill Project at Pembroke College (Oxford, 2020-2023).
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A summary view for the full record of the convention
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Sources:
16 historical records used for this dataset.
Process:
29 committees met in 186 sessions. Average 11.625 sessions each.
Dates from Monday, 02 September 1889 to Monday, 30 September 1889.
People:
67 people in 10 voting delegations.
Top 5 most active people are:
- Melville C. Brown (538 events)
- Charles H. Burritt (231 events)
- Charles N. Potter (227 events)
- Henry A. Coffeen (224 events)
- John A. Riner (223 events)
Summary of person events:
- 299
join a committee. - 3
leave a committee. - 110
elections to a position.
Procedures:
860 procedural motions considered.
Summary of procedural events:
- 860
procedural motion proposed. - 209
motions debated.
Documents:
373 documents considered with 908 amendments presented.
Summary of document events:
- 373
new documents created. - 463
documents passed from another committee. - 908
amendments to a document proposed. - 453
debates on a proposal.
Decisions:
1988 number of decisions made.
Summary of decision made:
- 1269
proposals adopted. - 169
proposals rejected. - 320
proposals referred to another committee. - 3
debate of a proposal postponed. - 111
proposal dropped from discussion without a formal vote. - 5
some other decision on a proposal.