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  1. Overview: Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
  2. Full Record: Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
  3. 15. Fifteenth District

Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889

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

15. Fifteenth 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
George H. Jones Visualize A delegate from the Fifteenth District, he resided in Port Townsend and practiced law. Jones served on the following committees: Judicial Department; Homestead and Property Exemptions; Engrossment. 15. Fifteenth District (This negotiation)
Allen Weir Visualize A Republican from the Fifteenth District, the thirty-five year old Port Townsend resident was a newspaperman, logger and political appointee. Born in California, Weir came to Washington in 1860 where he worked in logging camps and on a newspaper in Port Townsend. In 1879 he was clerk of the territorial council. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the territorial University for three terms, a justice of the peace, an acting Commissioner for shipping on Puget Sound, and a United States commissioner appointed by the territorial Supreme Court. Weir served on the folowing committees: Executive Department and Pardoning Power, chairman; Harbors, Rivers, Tidewaters and Navigable Streams. Before the election of permanent officers of the Convention, he served as temporary Secretary. 15. Fifteenth District (This negotiation)
H. C. Willison Visualize A Democrat from the Fifteenth District, the forty-four year old physician lived in Port Townsend. Born in Indiana, Willison was graduated from the University of the City of New York and came to Washington in 1873. He had been physician to the territorial asylum and penitentiary at Steilacoom and health officer for Puget Sound customs collection district. Willison served on the following committees: State Medicine and Public Health, chairman; County, City and Township Organization; Apportionment and Representation. 15. Fifteenth District (This negotiation)