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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 | ||||
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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.
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: 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.