- 22. Twenty-second District
Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
Washington's first constitutional convention met between July and August 1889 to draft the state's foundational text.
22. Twenty-second 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwin Hicks | Visualize | A delegate from the Twenty-second District, the thirty-one year old real estate and stock exchange manager lived in Tacoma. Born in Olympia in 1858, Hicks was the only native of the territory in the Convention. He was a printer and reporter in Portland until 1882, when he moved to Tacoma and became a typesetter on the Tacoma Ledger. He had been deputy revenue collector for Western Washington, and at the time of the Convention was manager of the Tacoma Real Estate and Stock Exchange. Hicks served on the following committees: Preamble and Bill of Rights; Executive Department and Pardoning Power; State Seal; Apportionment and Representation. | 22. Twenty-second District (This negotiation) |
| Theodore L. Stiles | Visualize | A Republican from the Twenty-second District, the forty-one year old lawyer lived in Tacoma. Born in Ohio in 1848, he was educated at Amherst College and Columbia Law College. He practiced law in New York City from 1873 to 1877, when he came to Washington. Stiles served on the following committees: County, City and Township Organization, chairman; Judicial Department; State, School and Granted Lands; rules for Convention. | 22. Twenty-second District (This negotiation) |
| P. C. Sullivan | Visualize | A Republican from the Twenty-second District, the thirty year old lawyer lived in Tacoma. Born in Nebraska in 1859, he came to Colfax about 1882 and to Tacoma about 1884. Sullivan served on the following committees: Elections and Elective Rights, chairman; Apportionment and Representation; Corporations Other Than Municipal | 22. Twenty-second District (This negotiation) |