10th Utah Territorial Legislature
The 10th 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. The regular election for the House was held August 6, 1860.[1] Several vacancies in the Territorial Council were also filled, including due to the resignations of Charles C. Rich and Orson Pratt.[2][3]
Session
[edit]A special session was called for November 12, 1860, prior to the regular scheduled meeting of the legislature in December. Aside from the business of organizing each house, the extra session was primarily for the purpose of assigning the newly arrived justices of the Supreme Court to their respective districts. Once this was done, the legislature promptly adjourned again on November 13.[2]
The regular session convened on December 10, 1860, at the Social Hall in Salt Lake City, and ended on January 18, 1861.[4][5]
Members
[edit]| Name | County | Office | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Territorial Council: | |||||||
| Albert Carrington | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Lorin Farr | Weber | ||||||
| James Ferguson | Salt Lake | ||||||
| John T. Hardy | Utah | ||||||
| Leonard E. Harrington | Utah | President pro tem[5] | |||||
| John A. Ray | Millard | ||||||
| Franklin D. Richards | Salt Lake | ||||||
| George A. Smith | Iron | ||||||
| William R. Smith | Davis | ||||||
| Lorenzo Snow | Weber | ||||||
| Daniel H. Wells | Salt Lake | President | |||||
| Edwin Whiting | San Pete | ||||||
| Wilford Woodruff | Salt Lake | Elected November 5, 1860[6][7] | |||||
| Territorial House of Representatives: | |||||||
| Washington F. Anderson | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Ezra T. Benson | Cache | ||||||
| Jacob G. Bigler | Juab | ||||||
| Isaac Bullock | Utah | ||||||
| Hiram B. Clawson | Salt Lake | ||||||
| William Crosby | Iron | ||||||
| Evan M. Greene | Tooele | ||||||
| Horton D. Haight | Davis | ||||||
| Lorenzo H. Hatch | Utah | ||||||
| Rosel Hyde | Davis | ||||||
| John C. James | Carson | ||||||
| John V. Long | Salt Lake | ||||||
| James McGaw | Weber | ||||||
| John M. Moody | Salt Lake | ||||||
| William P. Nebeker | Salt Lake | ||||||
| George Peacock | San Pete | ||||||
| Albert P. Rockwood | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Silas S. Smith | Iron | ||||||
| Hosea Stout | Salt Lake | ||||||
| John Taylor | Salt Lake | Speaker | |||||
| Daniel Thompson | Millard | ||||||
| Albert K. Thurber | Utah | ||||||
| Charles W. Wandell | Beaver | ||||||
| Chauncey W. West | Weber | ||||||
| Edwin D. Woolley | Salt Lake | ||||||
As with the previous legislative session, Green River County did not provide anyone to fill its seat in the House.
References
[edit]- ^ "General Election - 1860". Deseret News. July 25, 1860. p. 8. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "Convening of the Extra Session of the Legislature". Deseret News. November 14, 1860. p. 4. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ "A Special Election". Deseret News. December 17, 1856. p. 5. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ "Meeting of the Legislature". Deseret News. December 12, 1860. p. 5. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "Last Day of the Session". Deseret News. January 23, 1861. p. 5. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ "Special Election". Deseret News. October 24, 1860. p. 5. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ "Result of the Special Election". Deseret News. November 7, 1860. p. 4. Retrieved March 6, 2024.