The 9th Utah Territorial Legislature was elected on August 1, 1859.
Session The legislative session convened on December 12, 1859, at the Social Hall in Salt Lake City, and ended on January 20, 1860.
Members
Name County Office Notes Territorial Council: Albert Carrington Salt Lake Lorin Farr Weber James Ferguson Salt Lake Leonard E. Harrington Utah Benjamin F. Johnson Utah Amasa Lyman Millard Orson Pratt Salt Lake Charles C. Rich Davis Franklin D. Richards Salt Lake George A. Smith Iron Lorenzo Snow Box Elder Daniel H. Wells Salt Lake President Edwin Whiting San Pete Territorial House of Representatives: Seth M. Blair Salt Lake John Brown Utah Isaac Bullock Utah David Candland Salt Lake John D. Chase Juab Hiram B. Clawson Salt Lake William Crosby Iron Crandall Dunn Weber Evan M. Greene Tooele Thomas Grover Davis Joseph Holbrook Davis Thomas R. King Millard John M. Moody Salt Lake Albert P. Rockwood Salt Lake Silas S. Smith Iron Bernard Snow San Pete Hosea Stout Salt Lake John Taylor Salt Lake Speaker Albert K. Thurber Utah Charles W. Wandell Beaver Chauncey W. West Weber Edwin D. Woolley Salt Lake Jonathan C. Wright Box Elder Joseph A. Young Salt Lake
Carson County, in the western part of the territory, did not send its allotted member of the House of Representatives, likely because residents were growing dissatisfied with being governed from Salt Lake and had begun lobbying to be split off into Nevada Territory. Additionally, the full complement of 26 House members would have included a seat for Green River County, but it is not known why the county failed to send a representative.
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