15th Utah Territorial Legislature - Wikipedia
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The 15th Utah Territorial Legislature was elected on August 7, 1865.[1]
The legislative session convened on December 11, 1865, at the State House in Salt Lake City, and ended on January 19, 1866.[2]
| 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 |
- ^ "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.