The 15th Utah Territorial Legislature was elected on August 7, 1865.
Session
The legislative session convened on December 11, 1865, at the State House in Salt Lake City, and ended on January 19, 1866.
Members
Name | County | Office | Notes | ||||
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Territorial Council: | |||||||
Ezra T. Benson | Cache | ||||||
George Q. Cannon | Salt Lake | ||||||
Albert Carrington | Salt Lake | ||||||
Leonard E. Harrington | Utah | ||||||
Orson Hyde | Sanpete | ||||||
Aaron Johnson | Utah | ||||||
Amasa M. Lyman | Millard | ||||||
Franklin D. Richards | Davis | ||||||
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 | ||||||
William J. Cox | Beaver | ||||||
David Evans | Utah | ||||||
Lorin Farr | Weber | ||||||
Jacob Gates | Washington | ||||||
John W. Hess | Davis | ||||||
William Jennings | Salt Lake | ||||||
Benjamin F. Johnson | Utah | ||||||
George Kendall | Juab | ||||||
Peter Maughan | Cache | ||||||
Joseph S. Murdock | Wasatch | ||||||
William B. Pace | Utah | ||||||
George Peacock | Sanpete | ||||||
Charles S. Peterson | Morgan | ||||||
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 | ||||||
Edwin D. Woolley | Salt Lake | ||||||
Jonathan C. Wright | Box Elder |
References
- "Annual Election - 1865". Deseret News. August 2, 1865. p. 8. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- "Home Items: Legislative Assembly". Deseret News. December 14, 1865. p. 4. Retrieved March 9, 2024. The closing of the session was not covered by the Deseret News due to a paper shortage, but it printed various legislative acts when publication resumed. "To Our Readers". Deseret News. March 8, 1866. p. 5. Retrieved March 9, 2024.