Twenty-Sixth Legislature, 1871-1872


Session Details

Start Date: 1/4/1871
End Date: 12/31/1872
Elect Date: 11/4/1870
Sworn in Date: 1/4/1871

House Leadership


Speaker
Jonathan Woodman

Speaker Pro Tempore
Jonathan Woodman
Benjamin Huston

Senate Leadership


President Pro Tempore
Philip Emerson
Alfred Wood

House Committees


Agricultural College
Alexander Cameron
Aaron Childs
Alexander Copley
Philo Doty
Orlando Pattengill

Agriculture
John Coulter
Shiverick Kellogg
Eli Miller
Jacob Walton
Darwin White

Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind
William Brockway
William Chamberlain
Martin Montgomery
John Walker
James Williams

Asylum for the Insane
John Adam
Archer Crane
Ezra Hazen
Richard Miller
Charles Millington

Banks and Incorporations
John Andrews
William Garrison
William Hoyt
John Osborn
Martin Montgomery

Education
Oscar Adams
George Crofoot
Claudius Grant
Alvin Hart
Rossel Hughes

Elections
Oscar Adams
Marcus Atwood
Julius Houseman
Almond Riford
Jacob Walton

Engrossment and Enrollment
John Coulter
John Landon
James Moshier
Charles Osburn

Federal Relations
William Brockway
John Osborn
Samuel Post
Simeon Thayer
Frederick Wells

Fisheries
William Bates
Charles Fenton
James Haywood
Eli Miller
Almond Riford

Geological Survey
Henry Cherry
Claudius Grant
Ira Grosvenor
Alfred Swineford

Harbors
Allen Adsit
Asa Ferry
Samuel Hill
John Sumner
William Mitchell

Immigration
Almon Frost
Edgar Gray
Bernard Haack
James McGonegal
John Roost

Insurance
Asa Ferry
Patrick Gorman
Orson Green
John Landon
Samuel Post

Internal Improvements
Harvey Haynes
Charles Holland
Henry Holt
William Hoyt
Rossel Hughes
William Hurlbut
Albert Roof
Giles Ross

Judiciary
Lyman Cochrane
Ira Grosvenor
Benjamin Huston
Charles Millington
Almond Riford

Local Taxation
Andrew Climie
Archer Crane
Charles Little
Norton Miller
Bracey Tobey

Lumber Interests
Henry Cherry
Richard Ferris
John Gibson
James Haywood
Simeon Thayer

Manufactures
Joshua Clement
William Garrison
Robert Grant
Benjamin Pierson
Rowland VanScoy

Military Affairs
William Edwards
Charles Little
Charles Osburn
Frank Smith
Charles Watkins

Mines and Minerals
William Harris
Samuel Hill
Charles Holland
Deliverance Priest
Alfred Swineford

Printing
William Bates
John Greusel
John Roost
Alfred Swineford
Lawrence Dalton

Public Lands
William Harris
John Haynes
Ezra Hazen
Albert Roof
William Mitchell

Reform School
Orson Green
William Hoyt
John Phillips
Alanson Webster
James Williams

Religious and Benevolent Societies
Horace Barnaby
William Brockway
James Congdon
Henry Huff
Horace Rood

Roads and Bridges
John Gibson
William Harris
Joseph Minne
Jason Norris
John Walker

Rules and Joint Rules
William Chamberlain
John Haynes
Benjamin Huston
Joseph Minne
Orlando Pattengill

Salines
Samuel Garfield
Bernard Haack
Julius Houseman
John Phillips
Alanson Webster

Select Committee on Apportionment
John Adam
Alexander Cameron
Claudius Grant
Ira Grosvenor
Alvin Hart
Ezra Hazen
Charles Holland
Henry Holt
William Hoyt
Benjamin Huston
Norton Miller
Preston Mitchell
Almond Riford
Alfred Swineford
William Mitchell

State Affairs
Marcus Atwood
Alexander Cameron
George Gillam
Edgar Gray
Charles Holland

State Prison
John Adam
Richard Ferris
Robert Grant
Harvey Haynes
William Hurlbut

Supplies and Expenditures
Philo Doty
Cornelius Knapp
Darwin White

Towns and Counties
Allen Adsit
Horace Barnaby
Samuel Garfield
Norton Miller
Bracey Tobey

Ways and Means
Alexander Copley
Charles Fenton
Henry Holt
Jacob Lamb
Preston Mitchell

Senate Committees


Agriculture
John Dexter
Abraham Prutzman
Uzziel Putnam

Asylum for Insane
Lorenzo Alexander
Josiah Begole
Edward Morton
James Neasmith
Alanson Sheley
Alfred Wood

Claims
Theodore Bennett
John Dexter
Mylo Gay

Constitutional Amendments
Gilbert Hatheway
Bela Jenks
Harrison Wheeler

Division of Towns and Counties
Lorenzo Alexander
William Stoddard
John Waterbury

Drainage
Robert Briggs
William Stoddard
William Wilcox

Enrolled Bills
Homer Barber
Uzziel Putnam
Harrison Wheeler

Expiring Laws
James Cawley
Mylo Gay
Harrison Wheeler

Federal Relations
Layman Price
Abraham Prutzman
Francis Stockbridge

Finance
Josiah Begole
Isaac Cravath
Gilbert Hatheway
Francis Stockbridge
William Wilcox

Fisheries
Robert Briggs
William Stoddard
John Waterbury

Geological Survey
Edward Morton
Caleb Randall
Frank White

Incorporations
Lorenzo Alexander
Seth Moffatt
Layman Price

Insurance
Philip Emerson
Mylo Gay
James Romeyn

Internal Improvements
James Cawley
George Hannahs
John Waterbury

Judiciary
Philip Emerson

Manufactures
Josiah Begole
James Cawley
George Hannahs

Military Affairs
Byron Ball
Isaac Cravath
Philip Emerson

Mines and Minerals
Robert Briggs
Emanuel Mann
Frank White

Printing
Edward Morton
James Neasmith
Wales Storrs

Privileges and Elections
Homer Barber
Emanuel Mann
James Romeyn

Public Instruction
Homer Barber
Mylo Gay
Wales Storrs

Public Lands
Bela Jenks
Seth Moffatt
Frank White

Railroads
Byron Ball
Josiah Begole
Theodore Bennett
John Dexter
Frank White

Reform School
Isaac Cravath
John Dexter
Caleb Randall

Religious and Benevolent Societies
George Hannahs
Alanson Sheley
William Wilcox

Roads and Bridges
Theodore Bennett
Seth Moffatt
John Waterbury

Rules and Joint Rules
Layman Price
Abraham Prutzman
James Romeyn

Salt Interests
Emanuel Mann
Harrison Wheeler
Alfred Wood

Select Committee on Apportionment
Isaac Cravath
Bela Jenks
Seth Moffatt
Caleb Randall
William Stoddard
Alfred Wood
Francis Stockbridge

State Affairs
Alanson Sheley
Alfred Wood
Francis Stockbridge

State Library
Emanuel Mann
Uzziel Putnam
Caleb Randall

State Prison
Theodore Bennett
James Neasmith
Francis Stockbridge

Supplies and Expenditures
Isaac Cravath
Gilbert Hatheway
Edward Morton