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1891 REGULAR SESSION

January 12 to February 20, 1891 · 16th Legislative Assembly · about 1 minutes to read

Some records are in hand, but the minimum evidence for a source-bound account has not been assembled.

Principal decisions

  1. 1. Adoption of a secret-ballot systemCandidate score is a transparent research hypothesis, not a final superlative.
Assembly
16th Legislative Assembly

The record is available; this account is still being prepared.

Some records are in hand, but the minimum evidence for a source-bound account has not been assembled.

Obtain and cite the enrolled act/resolution, exact chapter or journal locator, and operative text for the selected outcome. Review the complete session-law and subject indexes, not only the selected chapter or a codification table. Reconstruct every contender and the failed/vetoed/referral universe from both chamber journals and original bill files. Research implementation, appropriations, enforcement, litigation, repeal/supersession, and affected communities for the selected outcome and strongest rival to equal depth. Acquire the controlling ballot, federal, judicial, executive, or local records needed to apportion causation rather than attributing downstream change to the session alone.

Sources and evidence

Claim-level citations in the research ledger

  • History of Voting Methods in OregonOfficial secondary · whole sourceoriginal
  • Meeting document — SJR 18 — 2019-06-03T13:00:00Official secondary · whole sourceoriginal
  • Preservation copy: Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial secondary · Exact PDF pages are retained from each session-ledger observation.original
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial secondary · Exact PDF pages are retained from each session-ledger observation.original
  • Oregon Legislative Assembly HistoryOfficial secondary · whole sourceoriginal
Featured documents linked to this session (12)
  • House Journal for or-leg-1891-state-regular-01Session research source · Oregon Legislative Assembly / Internet Archive · Linkedoriginal
  • Meeting document — SJR 18 — 2019-06-03T13:00:00Committee meeting document · Oregon Legislative Information System OData · Linkedoriginal
  • Senate Journal for or-leg-1891-state-regular-01Session research source · Oregon Legislative Assembly / Internet Archive · Linkedoriginal
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial session chronology · Chronological List of Oregon's Legislatures · Preservedoriginal
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial session chronology · Chronological List of Oregon's Legislatures · Preservedoriginal
  • Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesOfficial session chronology · Chronological List of Oregon's Legislatures · Preservedoriginal
  • History of Voting Methods in OregonSession research source · Oregon Legislative Assembly · Linkedoriginal
  • Oregon Legislative Assembly HistoryOfficial session chronology · Provisional Legislative Assembly Inventory · Preservedoriginal
  • Preservation copy: Chronological List of Oregon's LegislaturesPre1902 session source · Chronological List of Oregon's Legislatures · Preservedoriginal
  • Legislative Research at the Oregon State ArchivesSession research source · Oregon State Archives · Linkedoriginal
  • Oregon session legislators and staff guideSession research source · Oregon State Archives · Linkedoriginal
  • Preservation copy: Oregon session legislators and staff guidePre1902 session source · Oregon State Archives · Preservedoriginal

About this account

Sources being assembled. Some records are in hand, but the minimum evidence for a source-bound account has not been assembled.

Edition dated August 31, 2026. Cite as: Oregon Governance Atlas, “1891 REGULAR SESSION,” edition September 2026 (historical cutoff 2026-08-31), https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1891-state-regular-01.

BibTeX
@misc{atlas-or-leg-1891-state-regular-01,
  title = {1891 REGULAR SESSION},
  howpublished = {Oregon Governance Atlas, edition September 2026},
  note = {Historical cutoff 2026-08-31},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://oregon.portlandciviclab.org/sessions/or-leg-1891-state-regular-01}
}
Research tasks for this session

Record classes not yet acquired: A complete review of the session's major decisions; Agency implementation, rules, and audits; Budget, revenue, and staffing records; Committee and floor votes; Committee records, testimony, and exhibits; Court decisions and constitutional interpretation; Enrolled laws, vetoes, and effective dates; House and Senate journals; Implementation and later consequences; Introduced measures and amendments; Membership, officers, and political control; The session call and governor's messages.

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