4th Utah Territorial Legislature
The 4th 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 7, 1854. Several vacancies in Territorial Council were also filled at that time due to the death of Willard Richards and the resignations of Parley P. Pratt and John Taylor.[1]
Session
[edit]The legislative session convened on December 11, 1854, at the Council House in Salt Lake City, and ended on January 19, 1855.[2][3]
Members
[edit]| Name | County | Office | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Territorial Council: | |||||||
| Erastus Bingham | Weber | ||||||
| Albert Carrington | Salt Lake | Elected August 7, 1854 | |||||
| Lorin Farr | Weber | ||||||
| Leonard E. Harrington | Utah | ||||||
| Aaron Johnson | Utah | ||||||
| Heber C. Kimball | Salt Lake | President | |||||
| Isaac Morley | San Pete | ||||||
| Orson Pratt | Salt Lake | Elected August 7, 1854 | |||||
| John A. Ray | Millard | ||||||
| George A. Smith | Iron | ||||||
| Thomas S. Smith | Davis | ||||||
| Daniel H. Wells | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Wilford Woodruff | Salt Lake | Elected August 7, 1854 | |||||
| Territorial House of Representatives: | |||||||
| Ezra T. Benson | Tooele | ||||||
| James Brown | Weber | ||||||
| John Carling | Millard | ||||||
| James W. Cummings | Salt Lake | ||||||
| William H. Dame | Iron | ||||||
| Thomas Dunn | Weber | ||||||
| Horace S. Eldredge | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Timothy B. Foote | Juab | ||||||
| Jedediah M. Grant | Salt Lake | Speaker | |||||
| Evan M. Greene | Utah | ||||||
| Thomas Grover | Davis | ||||||
| Richard Harrison | Iron | ||||||
| Chester Loveland | Davis | ||||||
| Duncan McArthur | Utah | ||||||
| John Nebeker | Green River | ||||||
| George Peacock | San Pete | ||||||
| William W. Phelps | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Samuel W. Richards | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Albert P. Rockwood | Salt Lake | ||||||
| John L. Smith | Iron | ||||||
| James C. Snow | Utah | ||||||
| Lorenzo Snow | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Hosea Stout | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Edwin D. Woolley | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Jonathan C. Wright | Weber | ||||||
| Joseph Young | Salt Lake | ||||||
The composition of the Salt Lake County House delegation is murky, as the county had 11 seats to fill but returned a ticket with only 10 names (Joseph Young was not on the ticket).[4] However, when the legislative session opened on December 11, Young was included in the delegation but Edwin D. Woolley was not reported as present.[2] It is not clear whether Young in fact replaced Woolley (in which case the House would have been functioning with only 25 members instead of the usual 26), or if each was elected to their own seat.
References
[edit]- ^ "Election". Deseret News. August 3, 1854. p. 3. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ^ a b "Legislative Assembly". Deseret News. December 14, 1854. p. 2. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ^ "The Legislative Assembly". Deseret News. January 25, 1855. p. 3. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ^ "Regular Ticket". Deseret News. August 3, 1854. p. 3. Retrieved February 11, 2024.