Twenty-Fifth Legislature, 1869-1870


Session Details

Start Date: 1/6/1869
End Date: 12/31/1870
Elect Date: 11/3/1868
Sworn in Date: 1/6/1869

House Leadership


Speaker
Jonathan Woodman

Speaker Pro Tempore
Benjamin Huston

Senate Leadership


President Pro Tempore
William Williams

House Committees


Agricultural College
George Sanford
Uzziel Putnam
Edmund Hunt
Charles Jewell
Thomas Harris

Agriculture
Aaron Sickles
Enos Lovell
Loomis Hutchinson
John Hubbard
Horace Barnaby

Asylum for Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Levi Goodrich
Bela Cogshall
Archer Crane
Ellery Brownell
Almon Thompson

Asylum for the Insane
James Mandigo
Victor Dusseau
Alexander Cameron
John Avery
Jacob Walton

Banks and Incorporations
Thomas Slayton
John Osborn
William Purcell
Daniel Crossman
Benjamin Baxter

Drainage
Peter Lane
Ellery Brownell
Benjamin Baxter
Joseph Snell
Peter Ternes

Education
George Sanford
Mylo Gay
Benjamin Baxter
James Williams
Almon Thompson

Elections
James Romeyn
Uzziel Putnam
Charles Millington
Bela Cogshall
Daniel Crossman

Engrossment and Enrollment
Edward Mason
Dexter Horton
Ceylon Fuller
Darwin White
Newton Sheldon

Federal Relations
Cyrus Miles
Adam Elliott
James Williams
George Swift
George Vowles

Fisheries
Almond Riford
John Blake
Jacob Wendell
Luther Westover
James Stewart

Geological Survey
Claude Riopelle
John McKernan
Elisha Mead
James Mandigo
George Briggs

Harbors
Henry Norton
Cyrus Miles
Hubert Williams
Joseph Snell
Julian Seward

Immigration
Orlando Newman
Peter Klein
Lucius Kendrick
Hubert Williams
John Wagner

Indian Affairs
William Mitchell
James Crawford
Jacob Wendell

Insurance
Emery Plimpton
Charles Jewell
James Curry
Philo Doty
Nathan Boynton

Internal Improvements
Robert Smith
Almond Riford
James Lee
William Hurlbut
Jerome Eaton
Ezra Bostwick

Judiciary
Thomas Slayton
Emery Plimpton
Elisha Mead
James Kingsley
Benjamin Huston

Local Taxation
William Hurlbut
Robert Grant
Robert Briggs
John Avery
Charles Shier

Lumber Interests
Claude Riopelle
Orlando Newman
George Fenner
Samuel Yawkey
Joseph Weier

Manufactures
William Purcell
Henry McCowen
William Eck
Alexander Cameron
Isaac Beall

Military Affairs
James Romeyn
Milo Gifford
Nathan Boynton
George Briggs
Julian Seward

Mines and Minerals
John McKernan
Peter Lane
Hubert Williams
William Williams

Printing
Harvey Rowlson
Edmund Hunt
John Ingersoll
Orman Clark
Peter Ternes

Public Lands
John McKernan
William Mitchell
Benjamin Huston
Robert Grant
Samuel Yawkey

Reform School
Charles Millington
Edward Mason
James Ashley
David Woodard
Edgar Ward

Religious and Benevolent Societies
James Kingsley
Lucius Kendrick
George Fenner
Benjamin Clark
James Ashley

Roads and Bridges
Lyman Murray
William Williams
John Walker
Charles Shier

Rules and Joint Rules
Elisha Mead
John Ingersoll
Victor Dusseau
Adam Elliott
Daniel Crossman

Salines
Cyrus Miles
Norton Miller
William Hartson
Samuel Yawkey
Joseph Snell

State Affairs
Enos Lovell
John Ingersoll
William Davis
William Williams
George Swift

State Library
Abiel Stannard
George Swift
James Stewart

State Prison
Henry Norton
Elliot Wilcox
Francis Stockbridge
George Vowles
Brackley Shaw

Supplies and Expenditures
Lyman Murray
Ellery Brownell
Abiel Stannard

Towns and Counties
Frederick Kendrick
William Eck
Archer Crane
Isaac Beall
Luther Westover

Ways and Means
Robert Smith
Harvey Rowlson
Henry Holt
Jacob Wendell
Francis Stockbridge

Senate Committees


Agriculture
George Thomas
Abraham Prutzman
John Jones

Asylum for Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Peter Pierce
Amos Smith

Asylum for Insane
Edward Morton
John Boies
Evan Bonine

Claims
Hampton Rich
Charles Mills
William Adair

Constitutional Amendments
Thaddeus Smith
William Williams
Ezra Koon

Division of Towns and Counties
Hiel Woodward
Bela Jenks
Charles Andrews

Drainage
John Standish
Elliott Slocum
Bela Jenks

Enrolled Bills
George Thomas
Jerome Turner
Evan Bonine

Expiring Laws
Hiel Woodward
Lorenzo Mason
Evan Bonine

Federal Relations
Richard Winsor
Nathan Bitely
Charles Andrews

Finance
Hampton Rich
Lorenzo Mason
John Boies

Fisheries
Alfred Wood
John Jones
William Adair

Geological Survey
Thaddeus Smith
Lyman Norris
Abraham Prutzman

Incorporations
Thaddeus Smith
P. Warner
Henry Conkling

Insurance
William Williams
Abraham Prutzman
Lorenzo Mason

Internal Improvements
George Thomas
Amos Smith
Nathan Bitely

Judiciary
William Williams
Lyman Norris
Ezra Koon

Manufactures
Stephen Pearl
Elliott Slocum
Charles Mills

Military Affairs
John Standish
William Williams
Delos Phillips

Mines and Minerals
William Willard
Richard Winsor
Charles Mills

Printing
George Thomas
Richard Winsor
Edward Morton

Privileges and Elections
Thaddeus Smith
Elliott Slocum
Henry Conkling

Public Instruction
Lyman Norris
Peter Pierce
Delos Phillips

Public Lands
Alfred Wood
John Standish
Bela Jenks

Railroads
John Standish
P. Warner
John Fitzgerald

Reform School
Hiel Woodward
William Willard
Stephen Pearl
Delos Phillips

Religious and Benevolent Societies
Hampton Rich
Henry Conkling
Charles Mills

Roads and Bridges
Richard Winsor
John Jones
Israel Carlton

Rules and Joint Rules
Amos Smith
Bela Jenks
Nathan Bitely

Saline Interests
Elliott Slocum

Salt Interests
Alfred Wood
Charles Mills

State Affairs
Peter Pierce
John Fitzgerald
John Jones

State Library
Jerome Turner
Israel Carlton
William Adair

State Prison
P. Warner
Hampton Rich
Ezra Koon

Supplies and Expenditures
Elliott Slocum
Edward Morton
Israel Carlton