8th Utah Territorial Legislature

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The 8th Utah Territorial Legislature comprised members of the Territorial Council serving the second year of their terms, together with members of the House of Representatives elected to one-year terms.

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Session

The legislative session convened amid some confusion on December 13, 1858. While newly installed Governor Alfred Cumming summoned the Legislative Assembly to meet in Fillmore at the Territorial Statehouse, [1] only a minority of legislators appeared there when the session opened. It is not clear if Cumming was aware that the 1856 session of the legislature had abandoned Fillmore and relocated the capital to Salt Lake City, but on that basis a quorum of both houses initially met at the Social Hall in Salt Lake. The Salt Lake City group adjourned and traveled to Fillmore where the session resumed with the majority of the legislature on December 18. The legislators apparently were able to convince Cumming of the inadequate accommodations in Fillmore and inconvenience relative to population centers, especially as the Governor's office was also in Salt Lake. The Assembly thus passed a resolution with his approval to adjourn again and re-convene in Salt Lake City on December 27. [2] The session then concluded as scheduled on January 21, 1859. [3]

Members

NameCountyOfficeNotes
Territorial Council:
Lewis BrunsonMillard
Albert Carrington Salt Lake
Lorin Farr Weber
Leonard E. HarringtonUtah
Joseph Holbrook Davis
Benjamin F. Johnson Utah
Heber C. Kimball Salt Lake
Franklin D. Richards Salt Lake
George A. Smith Iron
Lorenzo Snow Weber
Warren S. Snow San Pete
Daniel H. Wells Salt LakePresident
Wilford Woodruff Salt LakePresident pro tem [4]
Territorial House of Representatives:
Jacob G. BiglerJuab
Hiram B. Clawson Salt Lake
Robert D. CovingtonIron
James W. CummingsSalt Lake
Philo T. FarnsworthMillard
Isaac C. Haight Iron
Samuel HendersonDavis
Orson Hyde Salt Lake
Aaron JohnsonUtahSpeaker pro tem [4]
Jesse C. Little Salt Lake
Alexander McRaeSalt Lake
William J. OsbornGreen River
George PeacockSan Pete
Charles C. Rich Davis
Samuel W. Richards Salt Lake
Albert P. Rockwood Salt Lake
John RowberryTooele
James C. SnowUtah
Daniel Spencer Salt Lake
Hosea Stout Salt Lake
John Taylor Salt LakeSpeaker
Preston ThomasUtah
Chauncey W. West Weber
Edwin D. Woolley Salt Lake
Jonathan C. WrightBox Elder
Joseph A. Young Salt Lake

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References

  1. "The Legislative Assembly". Deseret News. October 20, 1858. p. 4. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  2. "Legislative Assembly". Deseret News. December 22, 1858. p. 3. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  3. "The Legislative Assembly of 1858-9". Deseret News. January 26, 1859. p. 3. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Reports indicated that the Salt Lake quorum organized there prior to departing for Fillmore. However, the resolution to adjourn in Fillmore was issued over the names of Woodruff and Johnson acting pro tempore, implying that Wells and Taylor were not present. It is not clear if they had departed early for the return to Salt Lake, or if they might never have left in the first place.