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  1. Overview: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
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  3. Committee:Committee of the Whole
  4. Thursday, 12 September 1889, at 00:00

Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889

The Wyoming Constitution Convention began September 2, 1889 without the authorization from an enabling act. The articles were individually voted on, creating the final Constitution of Wyoming on September 30, 1889. It was later ratified on November 5, 1889.

Committee of the Whole

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Session 5737: 1889-09-12 00:00:00

The committee considered the article on Irrigation and Water Rights as well as substitutions for the article on County Organization.

Membership (at session start):

Noyes Baldwin, Merris C. Barrow, George W. Baxter, Melville C. Brown, Charles W. Burdick, Charles H. Burritt, Robert C. Butler, Anthony C. Campbell, James A. Casebeer, William E. Chaplin, Clarence D. Clark, Henry A. Coffeen, Asbury B. Conaway, Stephen W. Downey, Henry S. Elliott, George Ferris, Frank M. Foote, George W. Fox, Meyer Frank, Mortimer N. Grant, Frederick H. Harvey, Henry G. Hay, Charles W. Holden, Mark Hopkins, John W. Hoyt, William C. Irvine, John K. Jeffrey, James A. Johnston, Johnathan Jones, Jesse Knight, John M. McCandlish, John McGill, Herman F. Menough, Elliot S. N. Morgan, Edward J. Morris, Herman G. Nickerson, Caleb P. Organ, Louis J. Palmer, Charles N. Potter, Douglas A. Preston, Thomas R. Reid, DeForest Richards, John A. Riner, John L. Russell, Richard H. Scott, George C. Smith, Alexander L. Sutherland, Hubert E. Teschemacher, Charles L. Vagner (49 total)

Representing 10 delegations:

Albany County, Carbon County, Converse County, Crook County, Fremont County, Johnson County, Laramie County, Sheridan County, Sweetwater County, Uinta County

Imported Documents

Imported Amendments

Exported Documents

  • Irrigation and Water Rights [File No. 57, Committee of the Whole] (e662224)
  • Substitute for Files No. 19 and 22 [Committee of the Whole] (e663253)
  • Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-09-12 (e665105)

Exported Amendments

  • Irrigation and Water Rights [File No. 57, Committee of the Whole]: Mr. Fox's Amendment (e664637)

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1889-09-12 Journal WY - (file)

Digital scan of the original Journal of the Wyoming Constitutional Convention 1889.

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