The 20th Utah Territorial Legislature met in 1872. The regular election for the House of Representatives was held August 1, 1870.[1] The regular election for the Territorial Council was held August 7, 1871.[2]
Session
editThe legislative session convened on January 8, 1872, at the City Hall in Salt Lake City, and ended on February 16, 1872.[3][4]
Members
edit| Name | County | Office | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Territorial Council: | |||||||
| Jacob G. Bigler | Millard | ||||||
| George Q. Cannon | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Leonard E. Harrington | Utah | ||||||
| Orson Hyde | Sanpete | ||||||
| William Jennings | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Jesse N. Smith | Iron | ||||||
| Lot Smith | Davis | ||||||
| Abraham O. Smoot | Utah | ||||||
| Lorenzo Snow | Weber | President | |||||
| William Snow | Washington | ||||||
| Moses Thatcher | Cache | ||||||
| Wilford Woodruff | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Joseph A. Young | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Territorial House of Representatives: | |||||||
| Thomas Callister | Millard | ||||||
| David Evans | Utah | ||||||
| Lorin Farr | Weber | ||||||
| Abram Hatch | Wasatch | ||||||
| Orrin S. Lee | Summit | ||||||
| William H. Lee | Davis | ||||||
| Peter Maughan | Cache | Elected August 1, 1870, died April 24, 1871[5] | |||||
| John R. Murdock | Beaver | ||||||
| William B. Pace | Utah | ||||||
| George Peacock | Sanpete | ||||||
| Samuel Pitchforth | Juab | ||||||
| Orson Pratt | Salt Lake | Speaker | |||||
| William B. Preston | Cache | ||||||
| Enoch Reese | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Charles C. Rich | Rich | ||||||
| Franklin D. Richards | Weber | ||||||
| Albert P. Rockwood | Salt Lake | ||||||
| John Rowberry | Tooele | ||||||
| Joseph F. Smith | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Silas S. Smith | Iron | ||||||
| Willard G. Smith | Morgan | ||||||
| Warren S. Snow | Sanpete | ||||||
| John Taylor | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Albert K. Thurber | Utah | ||||||
| Jonathan C. Wright | Box Elder | ||||||
| Brigham Young Jr. | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Joseph W. Young | Washington | ||||||
References
edit- ^ "General Election for 1870". Deseret Evening News. July 30, 1870. p. 3. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "Local and Other Matters". Deseret News. August 16, 1871. p. 8. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "The Legislature". Deseret Evening News. January 8, 1872. p. 3. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "The Territorial Legislature". Deseret News. February 21, 1872. pp. 6–8. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "The Late Honorable Peter Maughan". Deseret News. February 21, 1872. p. 10. Retrieved May 4, 2024.