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Utah Territory

The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah....

convened on September 22, 1851 and ended on March 6, 1852.

Sessions

General Session: September 22, 1851 - February 18, 1852
Special Session: February 19, 1852 - March 6, 1852

Members

Name	County	Office	Elected/Resigned
Territorial Council:
Ezra T. Benson Ezra T. Benson Ezra Taft Benson was as an apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .-Early life:Benson was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, the son of John Benson and...	Salt Lake		Resigned September 24, 1851
Charles R. Dana Charles R. Dana Charles Root Dana was an American Mormon leader, pioneer, and missionary, and a politician in territorial Utah.- Biography :...	Weber Weber County, Utah Weber County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah, occupying a stretch of the Wasatch Front, part of the eastern shores of Great Salt Lake, and much of the rugged Wasatch Mountains. As of the 2000 census, the population was 196,533, an increase of 24.1% over its population in 1990. By...
Lorin Farr Lorin Farr Lorin Farr was a Mormon pioneer and the first mayor of Ogden, Utah.Farr was born in Waterford, Vermont. He was a son of Winslow Farr. When he was eleven, Farr joined the Latter Day Saint church after having been taught of it by Orson Pratt and Lyman E. Johnson...	Weber
John S. Fullmer John S. Fullmer John Solomon Fullmer was an American politician and farmer, born in Huntington, Pennsylvania. He was the younger brother of David Fullmer, another politician.-Early childhood and career:...	Davis
Jedediah M. Grant Jedediah M. Grant Jedediah Morgan Grant was a leader and an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was member of the First Council of the Seventy from 1845 to 1854. He also served in the First Presidency under Church President Brigham Young from 1854 to 1856...	Salt Lake		Resigned September 23, 1851
Edward Hunter	Salt Lake		Elected November 15, 1851
Aaron Johnson	Utah
Heber C. Kimball Heber C. Kimball Heber Chase Kimball was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement. He served as one of the original twelve apostles in the early Latter Day Saint church, and as first counselor to Brigham Young in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his...	Salt Lake
Isaac Morley Isaac Morley Isaac Morley was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement and a contemporary of both Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. He was one of the first converts to Smith's Church of Christ...	San Pete
Willard Richards Willard Richards Willard Richards was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served as Second Counselor in the First Presidency to church president Brigham Young in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death.Willard Richards was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to...	Salt Lake	President
George A. Smith George A. Smith George Albert Smith was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and as a member of the church's First Presidency.-Childhood:Smith was born in Potsdam, St...	Iron County
Orson Spencer Orson Spencer Orson Spencer was a prolific writer and prominent member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in several highly visible positions within the church and left an extensive legacy of theological writings...	Salt Lake
Daniel H. Wells Daniel H. Wells Daniel Hanmer Wells was an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the third mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States....	Salt Lake
Alexander Williams	Utah
Territorial House of Representatives:
George W. Brimhall George W. Brimhall George Washington Brimhall was a politician in territorial Utah. He was the father of George H. Brimhall.Brimhall was the son of Sylvanus Brimhall and his wife the former Lydia Ann Guiteau. He was born along Canada Creek in the state of New York. In 1827 the family moved to Olean Point, New...	Iron		Elected November 15, 1851
James Brown	Weber
John Brown	Salt Lake		Elected November 15, 1851
James G. Browning	Weber
Gideon Brownwell	Davis
David B. Dille	Weber
David Evans	Utah
Nathaniel H. Felt Nathaniel H. Felt Nathaniel Henry Felt was a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature and a mid-level leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 19th Century....	Salt Lake
David Fullmer David Fullmer David Fullmer was an American politician, church leader, and farmer, born in Chillisquaque, Pennsylvania. He was the older brother of John S. Fullmer, another politician...	Salt Lake
Elisha B. Groves	Iron
Levi W. Hancock Levi W. Hancock Levi Ward Hancock was an early convert to Mormonism and was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for nearly fifty years. He was also one of the witnesses of the Book of Commandments....	Utah
Benjamin F. Johnson Benjamin F. Johnson Benjamin Franklin Johnson was an early member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a member of the Council of Fifty....	Salt Lake
Andrew L. Lamereaux	Davis
William Miller	Utah
William W. Phelps	Salt Lake	Speaker
Phinehas Richards Phinehas Richards Phinehas Howe Richards was an early leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in Utah Territory. His first name is also spelled Phineas in some records....	Salt Lake
Albert P. Rockwood Albert P. Rockwood Albert Perry Rockwood was an early Mormon leader and member of the First Seven Presidents of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints....	Salt Lake
John Rowbery	Tooele
Henry G. Sherwood	Salt Lake
Charles Shumway	San Pete
Willard Snow	Salt Lake		Resigned September 24, 1851
Daniel Spencer Daniel Spencer (Mormon) Daniel Spencer was the last mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois prior to the revocation of its first charter.Spencer was born in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. In 1840, he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...	Salt Lake
John Stoker	Davis
Hosea Stout Hosea Stout Hosea Stout was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement, a Mormon pioneer, and a lawyer and politician in Utah Territory....	Salt Lake
Wilford Woodruff Wilford Woodruff Wilford Woodruff, Sr. was the fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1889 until his death...	Salt Lake
Edwin D. Woolley Edwin D. Woolley Edwin Dilworth Woolley, Sr. was a Mormon pioneer, an early Latter-day Saint bishop in Salt Lake City, and a businessman in early Utah Territory who operated mills....	Salt Lake
Joseph Young Joseph Young Young was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, the eighth child born to John Young and Abigail Howe.In 1830, while he was a preacher for the Methodist Church in Upper Canada, Young was introduced to the Book of Mormon by his younger brother Brigham...	Salt Lake

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