The 6th 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 4, 1856.
Three sitting members of the Territorial Council were unavailable to return and were replaced by election: Orson Pratt, John A. Ray, and George A. Smith. In addition, special elections were required for a Council seat when Parley P. Pratt resigned, and to a House seat vacated by the death of Jedediah M. Grant.
Session The legislative session initially convened on December 8, 1856, at the Territorial Statehouse in Fillmore. Dissatisfied with the unfinished condition of the Statehouse and the failure of Congress to reimburse the territory or to appropriate additional funds for its completion, the legislators quickly passed a resolution changing the seat of government from Fillmore to Salt Lake City. The session then adjourned and was re-convened in Salt Lake City on December 18.
Members
Name County Office Notes Territorial Council: Albert Carrington Salt Lake William H. Dame Iron Elected October 6, 1856 Lorin Farr Weber William Felshaw Millard Elected August 4, 1856 Leonard E. Harrington Utah Benjamin F. Johnson Utah Heber C. Kimball Salt Lake President Isaac Morley San Pete Parley P. Pratt Salt Lake Elected August 4, 1856, resigned prior to session Franklin D. Richards Salt Lake Elected October 6, 1856 Lorenzo Snow Box Elder John Stoker Davis Daniel H. Wells Salt Lake Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake Territorial House of Representatives: Noah W. Bartholomew Millard Jacob G. Bigler Juab Isaac Bullock Green River Hiram B. Clawson Salt Lake James W. Cummings Salt Lake David Evans Utah Jedediah M. Grant Salt Lake Died December 1, 1856 Thomas Grover Davis Isaac C. Haight Iron Orson Hyde Salt Lake Elected December 20, 1856 Aaron Johnson Utah James Lewis Iron Jesse C. Little Salt Lake Peter Maughan Tooele Alexander McRae Salt Lake John D. Parker Davis George Peacock San Pete William W. Phelps Salt Lake Enoch Reese Carson Samuel W. Richards Salt Lake Albert P. Rockwood Salt Lake James C. Snow Utah Daniel Spencer Salt Lake Hosea Stout Salt Lake Speaker Chauncey W. West Weber Jonathan C. Wright Box Elder Joseph A. Young Salt Lake
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