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  1. Overview: Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
  2. Full Record: Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
  3. 12. Twelfth District

Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889

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

12. Twelfth 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
Addison A. Lindsley Visualize A delegate from the Twelfth District, the forty-one year old farmer lived in Union Ridge, thirty miles from Portland on the Columbia River. Born in Wisconsin in 1848, Lindsley moved to Oregon in 1868 where he was a surveyor and engineer. In 1881 he came to Washington. He served in the territorial legislature in 1885-86. At the time of the Convention he was engaged in dairying and stock raising on the Lewis River. Lindsley served on the following committees: Education and Educational Institutions; State Institutions and Public Buildings; County, City and Township Organization; reporting proceedings. 12. Twelfth District (This negotiation)
Louis Sohns Visualize A Republican from the Twelfth District, the sixty-two year old manufacturer and banker lived in Vancouver. Born in Germany, Sohns came to Washington in 1852 where he engaged in manufacturing and established and became president of the First National Bank of Vancouver. He was mayor of Vancouver for six years, and he was a trustee of the Washington School for Defective Youths. Sohns served on the following committees: Preamble and Bill of Rights; Apportionment and Representation; Revenue and Taxation; rules for Convention. 12. Twelfth District (This negotiation)
George H. Stevenson Visualize A Democrat from the Twelfth District, the thirty-one year old fisherman lived in Cascades. Born in Missouri, he came to Washington where he served in the territorial legislature in 1887-88. He was auditor of Skamania county for four years. Stevenson served on the following committees: Legislative Department; Revision, Adjustment and Enrollment; Harbors, Rivers, Tidewaters and Navigable Streams. 12. Twelfth District (This negotiation)