20th Utah Territorial Legislature

The 20th Utah Territorial Legislature met in 1872. The regular election for the House of Representatives was held August 1, 1870. ^[1] The regular election for the Territorial Council was held August 7, 1871. ^[2]

Session

The legislative session convened on January 8, 1872, at the City Hall in Salt Lake City, and ended on February 16, 1872. ^{[3] [4]}

Members

Name	County	Office	Notes
Territorial Council:
Jacob G. Bigler	Millard
George Q. Cannon	Salt Lake
Leonard E. Harrington	Utah
Orson Hyde	Sanpete
William Jennings	Salt Lake
Jesse N. Smith	Iron
Lot Smith	Davis
Abraham O. Smoot	Utah
Lorenzo Snow	Box Elder	President
William Snow	Washington
Moses Thatcher	Cache
Wilford Woodruff	Salt Lake
Joseph A. Young	Salt Lake
Territorial House of Representatives:
Thomas Callister	Millard
David Evans	Utah
Lorin Farr	Weber
Abram Hatch	Wasatch
Orrin S. Lee	Summit
William H. Lee	Davis
Peter Maughan	Cache		Elected August 1, 1870, died April 24, 1871 [5]
John R. Murdock	Beaver
William B. Pace	Utah
George Peacock	Sanpete
Samuel Pitchforth	Juab
Orson Pratt	Salt Lake	Speaker
William B. Preston	Cache
Enoch Reese	Salt Lake
Charles C. Rich	Rich
Franklin D. Richards	Weber
Albert P. Rockwood	Salt Lake
John Rowberry	Tooele
Joseph F. Smith	Salt Lake
Silas S. Smith	Iron
Willard G. Smith	Morgan
Warren S. Snow	Sanpete
John Taylor	Salt Lake
Albert K. Thurber	Utah
Jonathan C. Wright	Box Elder
Brigham Young Jr.	Salt Lake
Joseph W. Young	Washington

References

1. "General Election for 1870". Deseret Evening News. July 30, 1870. p. 3. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
2. "Local and Other Matters". Deseret News. August 16, 1871. p. 8. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
3. "The Legislature". Deseret Evening News. January 8, 1872. p. 3. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
4. "The Territorial Legislature". Deseret News. February 21, 1872. pp. 6–8. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
5. "The Late Honorable Peter Maughan". Deseret News. February 21, 1872. p. 10. Retrieved May 4, 2024.