11th Utah Territorial Legislature explained

The 11th Utah Territorial Legislature was elected on August 5, 1861.[1]

Session

The legislative session convened on December 9, 1861, at the Court House in Salt Lake City, and ended on January 17, 1862.[2] [3]

Members

NameCountyOfficeNotes
Territorial Council:
Ezra T. BensonCache
Albert CarringtonSalt Lake
William J. CoxMillard
James W. CummingsUtah
Leonard E. HarringtonUtah
John W. HessDavis
Orson HydeSanpete
Franklin D. RichardsSalt Lake
George A. SmithIron
Lorenzo SnowWeber
Daniel SpencerSalt Lake
Daniel H. WellsSalt LakePresident
Wilford WoodruffSalt Lake
Territorial House of Representatives:
Thomas CallisterMillard
Hiram B. ClawsonSalt Lake
William CrosbyIron
Horace S. EldredgeSalt Lake
Aaron F. FarrWeber
Thomas GroverDavis
Lorenzo H. HatchUtah
Joseph HolbrookDavis
Benjamin F. JohnsonUtah
John V. LongSalt Lake
Peter MaughanCache
Jonathan MidgleyJuab
John M. MoodySalt Lake
Thomas RhoadsSummit/Green River
Albert P. RockwoodSalt Lake
John RowberryTooele
Silas S. SmithIron
Bernard SnowSanpete
Hosea StoutSalt Lake
John TaylorSalt LakeSpeaker
Edward W. ThompsonBeaver
Albert K. ThurberUtah
Chauncey W. WestWeber
Edwin D. WoolleySalt Lake
Joseph A. YoungSalt Lake

The House of Representatives had only 25 members instead of the normal 26 because Carson County, to which the vacant seat was allocated, had been separated earlier in 1861 by the creation of Nevada Territory. In response to this, the Legislative Assembly revised county boundaries throughout the territory, dissolving several other smaller counties, and passed a comprehensive reapportionment of the seats for future legislative elections.[4] [5]

References

  1. Contemporaneous reports of the 1861 Utah election are not available because the Deseret News had been forced into hiatus due to a paper shortage. News: To Our Patrons . Deseret News . July 27, 1859 . 4 . March 6, 2024.
  2. News: Eleventh Annual Session of the Legislative Assembly . Deseret News . December 18, 1861 . 2 . March 6, 2024.
  3. News: Drawing to a Close . Deseret News . January 15, 1862 . 8 . March 6, 2024.
  4. News: An Act Defining the Boundaries of Counties, and for other purposes . Deseret News . January 29, 1862 . 8 . March 6, 2024.
  5. News: An Act Apportioning the Representation of Utah Territory . Deseret News . January 29, 1862 . 8 . March 6, 2024.