- Wednesday, 31 July 1889, at 09:40
Washington State Constitutional Convention 1889
Washington's first constitutional convention met between July and August 1889 to draft the state's foundational text.
Committee of the Whole
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Session 12982: 1889-07-31 09:40:00
The reports from the Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights were taken up, agreed to, and referred back to the Convention. The committee then took up the reports from the Committee on State, County and Municipal Indebtedness for the discussion of the article of the same name.
Membership (at session start):
Hiram E. Allen, Samuel H. Berry, Nelson Gates Blalock, Ozra A. Bowen, John J. Browne, Daniel Buchanan, James A. Burk, Harrison Clothier, Charles P. Coey, George Comegys, Samuel G. Cosgrove, Daniel J. Crowley, Frank M. Dallam, Silvius A. Dickey, Ralph Oregon Dunbar, David E. Durie, Trusten P. Dyer, Edward Eldridge, Jacob T. Eshelman, Hanford Wentworth Fairweather, Charles T. Fay, Benjamin B. Glascock, Melvin M. Godman, John F. Gowey, W. B. Gray, Thomas C. Griffitts, Thomas Hayton, Francis Henry, Gwin Hicks, John P. Hoyt, James A. Hungate, Robert Jamieson, Richard Jeffs, George H. Jones, Oliver H. Joy, John C. Kellogg, John R. Kinnear, Henry M. Lillis, Addison A. Lindsley, S. H. Manly, Joshua Philander T. McCroskey, J. T. McDonald, Matt J. McElroy, John McReavey, Thomas T. Minor, Austin Mires, James Z. Moore, Robert S. More, Morgan Morgans, Lewis Neace, W. L. Newton, James Power, William F. Prosser, John M. Reed, Thomas M. Reed, Albert Schooley, B. L. Sharpstein, John A. Shoudy, Louis Sohns, George H. Stevenson, Theodore L. Stiles, Robert F. Sturdevant, H. F. Suksdorf, E. H. Sullivan, P. C. Sullivan, George W. Tibbetts, J. J. Travis, George Turner, J. F. Van Name, C. H. Warner, Allen Weir, J. J. Weisenburger, Arnold J. West, H. C. Willison, Henry Winsor (75 total)
Representing 25 delegations:
01. First District, 02. Second District, 03. Third District, 04. Fourth District, 05. Fifth District, 06. Sixth District, 07. Seventh District, 08. Eighth District, 09. Ninth District, 10. Tenth District, 11. Eleventh District, 12. Twelfth District , 13. Thirteenth District, 14. Fourteenth District, 15. Fifteenth District, 16. Sixteenth District, 17. Seventeenth District, 18. Eighteenth District , 19. Nineteenth District, 20. Twentieth District, 21. Twenty-first District , 22. Twenty-second District, 23. Twenty-third District, 24. Twenty-fourth District, 25. Twenty-fifth District
Imported Documents
- Minority Report from the Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights (e839365) imports from The Convention,
on Wednesday, 31 July 1889, at 09:00 - Majority Report from the Committee on Preamble and Bill of Rights (e839366) imports from The Convention,
on Wednesday, 31 July 1889, at 09:00 - Report of the Committee on State, County, and Municipal Indebtedness: Majority (e841481) imports from The Convention,
on Wednesday, 31 July 1889, at 09:00 - Report of the Committee on State, County, and Municipal Indebtedness: Minority (e841482) imports from The Convention,
on Wednesday, 31 July 1889, at 09:00
Imported Amendments
Exported Documents
- Article I [Declaration of Rights, Committee of the Whole] (e839459)
- Imported by 'Article I [Preamble and Declaration of Rights, Convention]' (e842524) in The Convention,
on Wednesday, 31 July 1889, at 09:00 - Imported by 'Article I [Declaration of Rights, Convention]' (e848938) in The Convention,
on Wednesday, 14 August 1889, at 09:00 - Imported by 'Article I [Declaration of Rights, Convention]' (e848957) in The Convention,
on Wednesday, 14 August 1889, at 09:00
- Imported by 'Article I [Preamble and Declaration of Rights, Convention]' (e842524) in The Convention,
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