12th Utah Territorial Legislature
The 12th 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 4, 1862.[1]
Session
[edit]The regular session convened on December 8, 1862, at the Court House in Salt Lake City, but the legislators promptly decided to relocate to the Council House and continued meeting there.[2] The session concluded on January 16, 1863.[3]
Members
[edit]| Name | County | Office | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Territorial Council: | |||||||
| Ezra T. Benson | Cache | ||||||
| Albert Carrington | Salt Lake | ||||||
| William J. Cox | Millard | ||||||
| James W. Cummings | Utah | ||||||
| Leonard E. Harrington | Utah | ||||||
| John W. Hess | Davis | ||||||
| Orson Hyde | Sanpete | President pro tem[2] | |||||
| Franklin D. Richards | Salt Lake | ||||||
| George A. Smith | Iron | ||||||
| Lorenzo Snow | Weber | ||||||
| Daniel Spencer | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Daniel H. Wells | Salt Lake | President | |||||
| Wilford Woodruff | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Territorial House of Representatives: | |||||||
| Reddick N. Allred | Sanpete | ||||||
| George W. Bean | Wasatch | ||||||
| Thomas Callister | Millard | ||||||
| Hiram B. Clawson | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Thomas Dunn | Weber | ||||||
| Lorin Farr | Weber | ||||||
| Timothy B. Foote | Juab | ||||||
| Madison D. Hambleton | Sanpete | ||||||
| Lorenzo H. Hatch | Utah | ||||||
| Aaron Johnson | Utah | ||||||
| Eli B. Kelsey | Tooele | ||||||
| John V. Long | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Amasa M. Lyman | Beaver | ||||||
| Peter Maughan | Cache | ||||||
| Orson Pratt | Washington | Speaker | |||||
| William B. Preston | Cache | ||||||
| Thomas Rhoads | Summit/Green River | ||||||
| Albert P. Rockwood | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Silas S. Smith | Iron | ||||||
| Judson L. Stoddard | Davis | ||||||
| John Stoker | Davis | ||||||
| John Taylor | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Albert K. Thurber | Utah | ||||||
| Edwin D. Woolley | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Jonathan C. Wright | Box Elder | ||||||
| Joseph A. Young | Salt Lake | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "The Approaching Election". Deseret News. July 23, 1862. p. 4. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "Meeting of the Legislature". Deseret News. December 10, 1862. p. 4. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
- ^ "The Last Evening of the Session". Deseret News. January 21, 1863. p. 1. Retrieved March 6, 2024.