The 12th 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, 1862.
Session The regular session convened on December 8, 1862, at the Court House in Salt Lake City, but the legislators promptly decided to relocate to the Council House and continued meeting there. The session concluded on January 16, 1863.
Members
Name County Office Notes Territorial Council: Ezra T. Benson Cache Albert Carrington Salt Lake William J. Cox Millard James W. Cummings Utah Leonard E. Harrington Utah John W. Hess Davis Orson Hyde Sanpete President pro tem Franklin D. Richards Salt Lake George A. Smith Iron Lorenzo Snow Box Elder Daniel Spencer Salt Lake Daniel H. Wells Salt Lake President Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake Territorial House of Representatives: Reddick N. Allred Sanpete George W. Bean Wasatch Thomas Callister Millard Hiram B. Clawson Salt Lake Thomas Dunn Weber Lorin Farr Weber Timothy B. Foote Juab Madison D. Hambleton Sanpete Lorenzo H. Hatch Utah Aaron Johnson Utah Eli B. Kelsey Tooele John V. Long Salt Lake Amasa M. Lyman Beaver Peter Maughan Cache Orson Pratt Washington Speaker William B. Preston Cache Thomas Rhoads Summit/Green River Albert P. Rockwood Salt Lake Silas S. Smith Iron Judson L. Stoddard Davis John Stoker Davis John Taylor Salt Lake Albert K. Thurber Utah Edwin D. Woolley Salt Lake Jonathan C. Wright Box Elder Joseph A. Young Salt Lake
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