15th Utah Territorial Legislature
The 15th Utah Territorial Legislature was elected on August 7, 1865.[1]
Session
[edit]The legislative session convened on December 11, 1865, at the State House in Salt Lake City, and ended on January 19, 1866.[2]
Members
[edit]| Name | County | Office | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Territorial Council: | |||||||
| Ezra T. Benson | Cache | ||||||
| George Q. Cannon | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Albert Carrington | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Leonard E. Harrington | Utah | ||||||
| Orson Hyde | Sanpete | ||||||
| Aaron Johnson | Utah | ||||||
| Amasa M. Lyman | Millard | ||||||
| Franklin D. Richards | Davis | ||||||
| George A. Smith | Iron | President | |||||
| Erastus Snow | Washington | ||||||
| Lorenzo Snow | Weber | ||||||
| Wilford Woodruff | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Joseph A. Young | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Territorial House of Representatives: | |||||||
| Thomas Callister | Millard | ||||||
| William W. Cluff | Summit/Green River | ||||||
| William J. Cox | Beaver | ||||||
| David Evans | Utah | ||||||
| Lorin Farr | Weber | ||||||
| Jacob Gates | Washington | ||||||
| John W. Hess | Davis | ||||||
| William Jennings | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Benjamin F. Johnson | Utah | ||||||
| George Kendall | Juab | ||||||
| Peter Maughan | Cache | ||||||
| Joseph S. Murdock | Wasatch | ||||||
| William B. Pace | Utah | ||||||
| George Peacock | Sanpete | ||||||
| Charles S. Peterson | Morgan | ||||||
| Charles C. Rich | Richland | ||||||
| Albert P. Rockwood | Salt Lake | ||||||
| John Rowberry | Tooele | ||||||
| Joseph F. Smith | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Silas S. Smith | Iron | ||||||
| Warren S. Snow | Sanpete | ||||||
| John Taylor | Salt Lake | Speaker | |||||
| John Van Cott | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Chauncey W. West | Weber | ||||||
| Edwin D. Woolley | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Jonathan C. Wright | Box Elder | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Annual Election - 1865". Deseret News. August 2, 1865. p. 8. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ "Home Items: Legislative Assembly". Deseret News. December 14, 1865. p. 4. Retrieved March 9, 2024. The closing of the session was not covered by the Deseret News due to a paper shortage, but it printed various legislative acts when publication resumed. "To Our Readers". Deseret News. March 8, 1866. p. 5. Retrieved March 9, 2024.