19th Utah Territorial Legislature

The 19th Utah Territorial Legislature was elected on August 2, 1869.[1]

Session

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The legislative session convened on January 9, 1870, at the City Hall in Salt Lake City, and ended on February 19, 1870.[2][3]

Members

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Name County Office Notes
Territorial Council:
Ezra T. Benson Cache Elected, died September 3, 1869[4]
Jacob G. Bigler Millard
George Q. Cannon Salt Lake
Hector C. Haight Davis
Leonard E. Harrington Utah
Orson Hyde Sanpete
William Jennings Salt Lake
George A. Smith Iron President
Abraham O. Smoot Utah
Erastus Snow Washington
Lorenzo Snow Weber
Moses Thatcher Cache
Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake
Joseph A. Young Salt Lake
Territorial House of Representatives:
Reddick N. Allred Sanpete
Thomas Callister Millard
William W. Cluff Summit/Green River
David Evans Utah
Lorin Farr Weber
Abram Hatch Wasatch
Peter Maughan Cache
John R. Murdock Beaver
William B. Pace Utah
Samuel Pitchforth Juab
Orson Pratt Salt Lake Speaker
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
William R. Smith Davis
George Taylor Sanpete
John Taylor Salt Lake
Albert K. Thurber Utah
Jonathan C. Wright Box Elder
Brigham Young Jr. Salt Lake
Joseph W. Young Washington

References

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  1. ^ "General Election". Deseret Evening News. July 28, 1869. p. 2. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "Nineteenth Annual Session of the Legislature". Deseret Evening News. January 10, 1870. p. 2. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  3. ^ "Local and Other Matters". Deseret Evening News. February 19, 1870. p. 2. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  4. ^ Evans, David W. (September 15, 1869). "Remarks, On the death of Elder Ezra T. Benson, by President George A. Smith, delivered in the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Sep. 5th, 1869". Deseret News. p. 6. Retrieved May 2, 2024.