The 4th 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 7, 1854. Several vacancies in Territorial Council were also filled at that time due to the death of Willard Richards and the resignations of Parley P. Pratt and John Taylor.
Session The legislative session convened on December 11, 1854, at the Council House in Salt Lake City, and ended on January 19, 1855.
Members
Name County Office Notes Territorial Council: Erastus Bingham Weber Albert Carrington Salt Lake Elected August 7, 1854 Lorin Farr Weber Leonard E. Harrington Utah Aaron Johnson Utah Heber C. Kimball Salt Lake President Isaac Morley San Pete Orson Pratt Salt Lake Elected August 7, 1854 John A. Ray Millard George A. Smith Iron Thomas S. Smith Davis Daniel H. Wells Salt Lake Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake Elected August 7, 1854 Territorial House of Representatives: Ezra T. Benson Tooele James Brown Weber John Carling Millard James W. Cummings Salt Lake William H. Dame Iron Thomas Dunn Weber Horace S. Eldredge Salt Lake Timothy B. Foote Juab Jedediah M. Grant Salt Lake Speaker Evan M. Greene Utah Thomas Grover Davis Richard Harrison Iron Chester Loveland Davis Duncan McArthur Utah John Nebeker Green River George Peacock San Pete William W. Phelps Salt Lake Samuel W. Richards Salt Lake Albert P. Rockwood Salt Lake John L. Smith Iron James C. Snow Utah Lorenzo Snow Salt Lake Hosea Stout Salt Lake Edwin D. Woolley Salt Lake Jonathan C. Wright Weber Joseph Young Salt Lake
The composition of the Salt Lake County House delegation is murky, as the county had 11 seats to fill but returned a ticket with only 10 names (Joseph Young was not on the ticket). However, when the legislative session opened on December 11, Young was included in the delegation but Edwin D. Woolley was not reported as present. It is not clear whether Young in fact replaced Woolley (in which case the House would have been functioning with only 25 members instead of the usual 26), or if each was elected to their own seat.
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