Washington State Constitution
The Washington State Constitution is the founding document of our state. It explains the government's structure and powers, as well as the people's rights.
Adoption date
October 1, 1889
Preface
This Constitution was framed by a convention of seventy-five delegates, chosen by the people of the Territory of Washington at an election held May 14, 1889, under section 3 of the Enabling Act. The convention met at Olympia on the fourth day of July, 1889, and adjourned on the twenty-second day of August, 1889. The Constitution was ratified by the people at an election held on October 1, 1889, and on November 11, 1889, in accordance with section 8 of the Enabling Act, the president of the United States proclaimed the admission of the State of Washington into the Union.
CERTIFICATE.
Certificate.
We, the undersigned, members of the convention to form a Constitution for the State of Washington; which is to be submitted to the people for their adoption or rejection, do hereby declare this to be the Constitution formed by us, and in testimony thereof, do hereunto set our hands, this twenty-second day of August Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.
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John P. Hoyt,
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Edward Eldridge
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President
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George H. Stevenson
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J. J. Browne
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Louis Sohns
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N. G. Blalock
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A. A. Lindsley
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John F. Gowey
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J. J. Weisenburger
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Frank M. Dallam
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P. C. Sullivan
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James Z. Moore
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R. S. More
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E. H. Sullivan
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Thomas T. Minor
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George Turner
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J. J. Travis
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Austin Mires
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Arnold J. West
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M. M. Godman
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Charles T. Fay
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Gwin Hicks
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George W. Tibbetts
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Wm. F. Prosser
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H. W. Fairweather
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C. H. Warner
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Thomas C. Griffitts
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J. P. T. McCroskey
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J. F. Van Name
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S. G. Cosgrove
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Albert Schooley
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Thos. Hayton
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H. C. Willison
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Charles P. Coey
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T. M. Reed
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Robert F. Sturdevant
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S. H. Manly
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John A. Shoudy
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Richard Jeffs
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Allen Weir
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Francis Henry
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W. B. Gray
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George Comegys
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Trusten P. Dyer
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Oliver H. Joy
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Geo. H. Jones
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David E. Durie
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B. L. Sharpstein
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D. Buchanan
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H. M. Lillis
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John R. Kinnear
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James A. Burk
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Sylvious A. Dickey
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John McReavy
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Henry Winsor
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R. O. Dunbar
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Theodore L. Stiles
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Morgan Morgans
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Harrison Clothier
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Jas. Power
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Matt. J. McElroy
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B. B. Glascock
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J. T. Eshelman
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O. A. Bowen
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Robert Jamieson
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Sam'l H. Berry
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Hiram E. Allen
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D. J. Crowley
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H. F. Suksdorf
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J. T. McDonald
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J. C. Kellogg
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John M. Reed
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J. A. Hungate
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Attest: JNO. I. BOOGE, Chief Clerk
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The above names are not in the order in which subscribed to the Constitution.
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