The 11th
Utah Territorial Legislature The Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah was the legislative branch of government in Utah Territory, replacing the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret. The Act of Congress creating the territory in 1850 specified that the t ...
was elected on August 5, 1861.
Session
The legislative session convened on December 9, 1861, at the Court House in
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...
, and ended on January 17, 1862.
Members
The House of Representatives had only 25 members instead of the normal 26 because
Carson County, to which the vacant seat was allocated, had been separated earlier in 1861 by the creation of
Nevada Territory
The Territory of Nevada (N.T.) was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until October 31, 1864, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Nevada.
Prior to the creation of the Neva ...
. In response to this, the Legislative Assembly revised county boundaries throughout the territory, dissolving several other smaller counties, and passed a comprehensive reapportionment of the seats for future legislative elections.
[{{cite news , title=An Act Apportioning the Representation of Utah Territory , newspaper=Deseret News , date=January 29, 1862 , url=https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=2591124 , page=8 , access-date=March 6, 2024]
References
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1861 establishments in Utah Territory