3rd Wyoming Territorial Legislature

3rd Wyoming Territorial Legislature
3rd Wyoming Territorial Legislature
	The Laramie County Courthouse where the Council and House of Representatives convened
Overview
Legislative body	Wyoming Legislature
Jurisdiction	Wyoming Territory, United States
Meeting place	Laramie County Courthouse
Term	1873–1875
Wyoming Council
Members	9 Senators
President of the Council	Francis E. Warren
Party control	Democratic
Wyoming House of Representatives
Members	13 Representatives
Speaker of the House	S. H. Wilkinson
Party control	Democratic

Last updated November 04, 2025

The 3rd Wyoming Territorial Legislature was a former meeting of the Wyoming Legislature that lasted from November 4, to December 12, 1873.^[1]

History

Formation

On November 4, 1873, Joseph W. Fisher, Chief Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court, swore in the members of the state legislature.^[2]

During the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, S. H. Wilkinson was nominated by H. Conley and N. L. Andrews was nominated by William H. Holliday. Ten members of the House voted for Wilkinson, two voted for N. L. Andrews, and one voted for C. A. Phippes. Secretary of the Territory Jason B. Brown ruled that Wilkinson won and Fisher inaugurated him as Speaker.^[2]

Francis E. Warren was selected to serve as the President of the Council.^[2]

Membership

Council

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
Beginning of 2nd Legislature	5^[1]	4	9	0
Latest voting share	55.56%	44.44%

House of Representatives

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
Beginning of 2nd Legislature	7^[1]	6	13	0
Latest voting share	53.85%	46.15%

Members of the Wyoming House of Representatives

Representative^[2]	Party	Counties represented
N. L. Andrews		Albany
H. Conley		Laramie
A. E. Farley		Carbon
J. E. Ferris		Sweetwater
H. Haas		Laramie
William H. Holliday	Democratic	Albany
Jervis Joslin		Laramie
V. R. King		Albany
C. A. Phippes		Uinta
G. W. Ritter		Albany
C. L. Tisdale		Uinta
F. S. Whitney		Laramie
S. H. Wilkinson		Sweetwater

References

1 2 3 "1873 Legislature Membership". Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
1 2 3 4 House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wyoming Page 3 to 8. University of Chicago. 1874. p. 3 – via Google Books.

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[membership-1] 1 2 3 "1873 Legislature Membership". Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.

[membership_names-2] 1 2 3 4 House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wyoming Page 3 to 8. University of Chicago. 1874. p. 3 – via Google Books.

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Territorial Speaker of the House	1869–1871: S. M. Curran 1871–1873: Ben Sheeks 1873–1875: S. H. Wilkinson 1884–1886: F. H. Jones 1886–1888: John S. Kerr
Territorial Senate Presidents	1869–1871: William H. Bright 1871–1873: Stephen Friel Nuckolls 1873–1875: Francis E. Warren 1884–1886: William H. Holliday 1886–1888: J. W. Blake
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House of Representatives Majority Leader	2017–2019: Eli Bebout 2019–present: Drew Perkins
House of Representatives Minority Leader	2013–2017: Mary Throne 2017–present: Cathy Connolly
Senate Presidents	2015–2017: Phil Nicholas 2017–2019: David Miller 2019–present: Eric Barlow
Senate Majority Leader	2015–2017: Phil Nicholas 2017–2019: Drew Perkins 2019–present: Dan Dockstader
Senate Minority Leader	2013–present: Chris Rothfuss