The 7th
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 3, 1857.
Session
The legislative session convened on December 14, 1857, at the
Social Hall 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 22, 1858.
Members
Although the existing apportionment of the territory would have allocated one representative in the House to
Carson County, for this session none was elected and
Salt Lake County
Salt Lake County is located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,185,238, making it the most populous county in Utah. Its county seat and largest city is Salt Lake City, the state capital. The co ...
instead sent an additional representative for a total of 12.
[{{cite news , title=Names of Members and Officers of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah , newspaper=Deseret News , date=December 23, 1857 , url=https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=2577098 , page=4 , access-date=February 15, 2024]
References
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1857 establishments in Utah Territory