- 05. Fifth District
Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
Washington's first constitutional convention met between July and August 1889 to draft the state's foundational text.
05. Fifth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. T. McDonald | Visualize | A Republican from the Sixth District, the forty-one year old miner and farmer lived in Ellensburg. Born in Canada, McDonald came to the United States in 1864. He engaged in lumbering in Michigan and mining in Nevada before coming to Washington in 1884 to mine in Kittitas county. He had been a delegate to the legislature and chairman of the Republican central committee, and at the time of the Convention he was a member at large of that committee. He owned stock in a saloon in Ellensburg. McDonald served on the following committees: Agriculture, Manufacturing, Fisheries and Commerce; Mining and Mining Interests. | 05. Fifth District (This negotiation) |
| Austin Mires | Visualize | A Republican from the Fifth District, the thirty-seven year old lawyer lived in Ellensburg. Born in Iowa, Mires was graduated from law school in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1853 he moved to Oregon where he became chief clerk of the Oregon senate. Later he was mayor, city attorney, and treasurer of Ellensburg. Mires served on the following committees: Water and Water Rights, chairman; Judicial Department; Credentials. | 05. Fifth District (This negotiation) |
| John A. Shoudy | Visualize | A delegate from the Fifth District, the forty-six year old merchant lived in Ellensburg. Born in Illinois, he came to Puget Sound in 1861 and in 1865 took up land on the present site of Ellensburg. Shoudy served on the following committees: Engrossment, chairman; Corporations Other Than Municipal; State, School and Granted Lands. | 05. Fifth District (This negotiation) |