3rd Utah Territorial Legislature
The 3rd Utah Territorial Legislature was elected on August 1, 1853.[1]
Session
[edit]The legislative session convened on December 12, 1853, in Salt Lake City, and ended on January 20, 1854.[2][3]
Members
[edit]| Name | County | Office | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Territorial Council: | |||||||
| Jonathan Browning | Weber | ||||||
| Lorin Farr | Weber | ||||||
| Leonard E. Harrington | Utah | ||||||
| Orson Hyde | Salt Lake | Elected, did not serve [2] | |||||
| Aaron Johnson | Utah | ||||||
| Heber C. Kimball | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Isaac Morley | San Pete | ||||||
| James McGaw | Millard | ||||||
| Parley P. Pratt | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Willard Richards | Salt Lake | President | |||||
| George A. Smith | Iron | ||||||
| Thomas S. Smith | Davis | ||||||
| John Taylor[2] | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Daniel H. Wells | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Territorial House of Representatives: | |||||||
| Albern Allen | Weber | ||||||
| Ezra T. Benson | Tooele | ||||||
| Jacob G. Bigler | Juab | ||||||
| Albert Carrington | Salt Lake | ||||||
| James W. Cummings | Salt Lake | ||||||
| William Felshaw | Millard | ||||||
| Jedediah M. Grant | Salt Lake | Speaker | |||||
| Madison D. Hambleton | San Pete | ||||||
| Dwight Harding | Weber | ||||||
| Silas Hillman | Utah | ||||||
| Joseph A. Kelting | Utah | ||||||
| Henry W. Miller | Davis | ||||||
| Calvin C. Pendleton | Iron | ||||||
| William W. Phelps | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Franklin D. Richards | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Albert P. Rockwood | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Luman A. Shirtliff | Weber | ||||||
| John L. Smith | Iron | ||||||
| Erastus Snow | Salt Lake | ||||||
| James C. Snow | Utah | ||||||
| Lorenzo Snow | Salt Lake | ||||||
| William Stewart | Salt Lake | ||||||
| John Stoker | Davis | ||||||
| Robert Wiley | Iron | ||||||
| Wilford Woodruff | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Jonathan C. Wright | Salt Lake | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Result of the Election in the Territory of Utah, held on the first Monday of August, 1853". Deseret News. October 1, 1853. p. 2. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Legislative Assembly". Deseret News. December 15, 1853. p. 3. Retrieved November 25, 2023. Although Orson Hyde was announced as elected, at the time the assembly convened, he was returning from Fort Supply and was replaced by John Taylor.
- ^ "Death of our beloved Brother Willard Richards". Deseret News. March 16, 1854. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2024.