The 23rd Utah Territorial Legislature met in 1878. The regular election for the House of Representatives was held August 7, 1876. The regular election for the Territorial Council was held August 6, 1877.
Session
The legislative session convened on January 14, 1878, at the City Hall in Salt Lake City, and ended on February 23, 1878.
Members
| Name | County | Office | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Territorial Council: | |||||||
| Robert T. Burton | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Thomas Callister | Millard | ||||||
| William W. Cluff | Summit | ||||||
| Leonard E. Harrington | Utah | ||||||
| Alonzo M. Raleigh | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Silas S. Smith | Iron | ||||||
| William R. Smith | Davis | ||||||
| Abraham O. Smoot | Utah | ||||||
| Erastus Snow | Washington | ||||||
| Lorenzo Snow | Weber | President | |||||
| Moses Thatcher | Cache | ||||||
| Albert K. Thurber | Sanpete | ||||||
| John W. Young | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Territorial House of Representatives: | |||||||
| Samuel Atwood | Summit | ||||||
| Joseph Birch | Washington | ||||||
| John Brown | Utah | ||||||
| Albert Carrington | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Lorin Farr | Weber | ||||||
| John Fisher | Davis | ||||||
| Archibald Gardner | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Joel Grover | Juab | ||||||
| Abram Hatch | Wasatch | ||||||
| Francis M. Lyman | Millard | ||||||
| John B. Milner | Utah | ||||||
| John R. Murdock | Beaver | ||||||
| William B. Pace | Utah | ||||||
| D. H. Peery | Weber | ||||||
| Canute Peterson | Sanpete | ||||||
| Orson Pratt | Salt Lake | Speaker | |||||
| William B. Preston | Cache | ||||||
| Albert P. Rockwood | Salt Lake | ||||||
| James Sharp | Salt Lake | ||||||
| Willard G. Smith | Morgan | ||||||
| Franklin Spencer | Sanpete | ||||||
| John Taylor | Salt Lake | ||||||
| George R. Warren | Tooele | ||||||
| Francis Webster | Iron | ||||||
| Jonathan C. Wright | Box Elder | ||||||
| Brigham Young Jr. | Cache | ||||||
References
- "Territorial and County Election". Deseret Evening News. August 5, 1876. p. 2. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- "Election". Deseret Evening News. August 4, 1877. p. 3. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- "Legislative Assembly". Deseret Evening News. January 14, 1878. p. 3. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- "The Twenty-Third Session". Deseret Evening News. February 23, 1878. p. 3. Retrieved May 8, 2024.