16th Utah Territorial Legislature
The 16th 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 6, 1866.[1]
Session
The legislative session convened on December 10, 1866, in Salt Lake City, and ended on January 19, 1867.[2][3]
Members
| Name | County | Office | Elected/Resigned | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Territorial Council: | |||||||
| Ezra T. Benson | Cache | ||||||
| George Q. Cannon | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Albert Carrington | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Hector C. Haight | Davis | ||||||
| Leonard E. Harrington | Utah | ||||||
| Orson Hyde | Sanpete | ||||||
| Aaron Johnson | Utah | ||||||
Amasa M. Lyman
|
Millard | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| David Evans | Utah | ||||||
| Lorin Farr | Weber | ||||||
| Jacob Gates | Washington | ||||||
| Thomas H. Giles | Wasatch | ||||||
| William Jennings | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Benjamin F. Johnson | Utah | ||||||
| George Kendall | Juab | ||||||
| Christopher Layton | Davis | ||||||
| Peter Maughan | Cache | ||||||
| Philemon C. Merrill | Davis | ||||||
| John R. Murdock | Beaver | ||||||
| William B. Pace | Utah | ||||||
| George Peacock | Sanpete | ||||||
| Enoch Reese | Salt Lake | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Jonathan C. Wright | Box Elder | ||||||
Major Legislation
Appropriations
- Territorial Appropriation Bill
Incorporations of Cities and Counties
- An Act to incorporate Beaver City, in Beaver County[4]
- An Act changing the County Seat of Kane County[5]
- An Act to incorporate Fillmore City, in Millard County
- An Act to incorporate the City of Grantsville[6]
- An Act incorporating Brigham City[7]
- An Act incorporating the City of Coalville, in Summit County[8]
State Commissions
- Resolution appointing a Military Code Commission
References
- ^ "Annual Election, 1866". Deseret News. August 2, 1866. p. 8. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "Governor's Message". Deseret News. January 2, 1867. p. 8. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "The Past Session". Deseret News. January 23, 1867. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Washington County, Utah Boundary Changes". Wchsutah.org. 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ^ "Wrathall Involvement in the History of Grantsville". Rawbw.com. Archived from the original on 2002-12-31. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ^ "Chapter 26-Bancroft's History of Utah 1540-1886". Utlm.org. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ^ "Summit County, Utah: History and Information". E-referencedesk.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-11-07.