27th Utah Territorial Legislature
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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.[1]
The legislative session convened on January 11, 1886, at the City Hall in Salt Lake City, and ended on March 12, 1886.[2][3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
References
- ↑ "The Election". Deseret Evening News. August 4, 1885. p. 3. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
- ↑ "The Legislature". Deseret Evening News. January 11, 1886. p. 3. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
- ↑ "Well Done Good and Faithful Servants". Deseret Evening News. March 13, 1886. p. 2. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
- ↑ "The Summit County Election". Deseret Evening News. August 27, 1885. p. 3. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
- ↑ "The Summit County Election". Deseret Evening News. August 20, 1885. p. 3. Retrieved February 5, 2026.