The 27th Utah Territorial Legislature met in 1886. The regular election for the Territorial Council and the House of Representatives was held August 3, 1885.
Session The legislative session convened on January 11, 1886, at the City Hall in Salt Lake City, and ended on March 12, 1886.
Members
Name County Office Notes Territorial Council: Joseph Barton Davis Samuel Francis Morgan Joel Grover Juab James T. Hammond Cache Robert W. Heyborne Iron Jonathan S. Page Utah James Sharp Salt Lake Lewis W. Shurtliff Weber Martin Slack Washington Elias A. Smith Salt Lake President John W. Taylor Salt Lake Luther T. Tuttle Sanpete Territorial House of Representatives: Charles L. Anderson Tooele Richard H. Baty Box Elder John Q. Cannon Salt Lake John Clark Salt Lake William Creer Utah Philo T. Farnsworth Jr. Beaver Abram C. Hatch Wasatch John Houston Garfield Joseph Howell Cache Joseph Kimball Rich William H. King Millard Anthon H. Lund Sanpete Thomas J. McCullough Utah David C. McLaughlin Summit John Rider Kane William W. Riter Salt Lake Speaker William C.A. Smoot Jr. Utah James R. Stewart Morgan Edwin Stratford Weber Albert D. Thurber Sevier Samuel R. Thurman Utah Joseph A. West Weber Orson A. Woolley Salt Lake Don Carlos Young Salt Lake
The House seat for Summit County faced a similar dispute to the House seat for Tooele in the Legislative Assembly of 1876. The Liberal Party ticket secured a rare victory over the dominant People's Party of the Mormon establishment, leading to the election of David C. McLaughlin to the House. Losing candidate Ward E. Pack, who had previously represented Summit in the legislatures of 1876 and 1880, sought to contest the result, alleging illegal votes in the Park City precincts from which McLaughlin hailed. However, with the election overseen by the federal government's Utah Commission under the Edmunds Act, claims of fraud were rejected and the Liberal victory upheld.
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