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
editThe legislative session convened on December 10, 1866, in Salt Lake City, and ended on January 19, 1867.[2][3]
Members
edit| Name | County | Office | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Box Elder | ||||||
| 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 | Morgan | ||||||
| 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
editAppropriations
edit- Territorial Appropriation Bill
Incorporations of Cities and Counties
edit- 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
edit- Resolution appointing a Military Code Commission
References
edit- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Beaver County History Background". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
- ↑ "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.