The 8th Wyoming Territorial Legislature was a former meeting of the Wyoming Legislature that lasted from January 8, to March 7, 1884.
History
On January 8, 1884, the territorial legislature convened in the Commercial Block in Cheyenne although E. U. Snider would not be seated until January 9. William C. Irvine made a motion to have Philip Dater selected as temporary President of the Council and it was accepted. On January 9, Robert H. Homer made a motion to have William H. Holliday selected as permanent President of the Council and it was accepted.
On January 8, John F. Coad made a motion to have N. N. Craig selected as temporary Speaker of the House of Representatives and it was accepted. On January 9, the selection of the permanent Speaker of the House started. F. H. Jones was nominated by O. C. Smith and D. Miller was nominated by Coad. The House of Representatives voted fourteen to nine in favor of Jones and a motion by Coad to make Jones' nomination unanimous was accepted.
Membership Council
AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublicanVacantBeginning of 8th Legislature 8 4 120Latest voting share66.67%33.33%
Members of the Wyoming Council Representative Party Residence Counties represented A. T. Babbitt Laramie Philip Dater Laramie John W. Gray Albany P. J. Hines Sweetwater William H. Holliday Democratic Albany Robert H. Homer Democratic Albany William C. Irvine Republican Laramie A. V. Quinn Uinta Francis E. Warren Republican Laramie E. S. Whittier Uinta
House of Representatives
AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublicanVacantBeginning of 8th Legislature 13 9 230Latest voting share59.09%40.91%
Members of the Wyoming Council Representative Party Residence Counties represented Hiram Allen Carbon C. H. Bussard Albany Thomas J. Cahill Laramie John F. Coad Laramie N. N. Craig Laramie Charles Deloney Uinta O. D. Downey Albany D. F. Dudley Carbon J. H. Ford Laramie Leroy Grant Albany H. V. S. Groesbeck Albany A. Jackson Laramie F. H. Jones Sweetwater L. D. Kennedy Albany D. Miller Laramie H. G. Nickerson Sweetwater L. Quealy Carbon F. W. Schwartze Laramie R. B. Seaton Uinta O. C. Smith Sweetwater E. U. Snider Johnson H. E. Teschemacher Laramie W. H. Weaver Carbon
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