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Dec 13, 1852

Journal Entry

December 13, 1852 ~ Monday

Dec 13 Monday The Legislative Assembly of the Territory
[FIGURE] of Utah met this morning in the Counsel House
at 10 oclok the House was Organized by Appointing J. M. Grant
Speaker & Thomas Bullock Clerk. And the Counsel was
Organ[ize]d by appointing Willard Richards President & James
Furguson
Clerk W Woodruff E. T. Benson & Lorenzo Snow of the
Twelve were member of the House, & O Hyde P. P. Pratt G. A. Smith
& F. D. Richards of the 12 in the Counsel the members took seats

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Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
366 mentions
Apostle
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
784 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1380 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Ferguson, James
23 Feb 1828 - 30 Aug 1863
63 mentions
Grant, Jedediah Morgan
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
271 mentions
Apostle
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
655 mentions
Apostle, Family
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
670 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Parley Parker
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
524 mentions
Apostle
Bullock, Thomas
23 Dec 1816 - 10 Feb 1885
125 mentions
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
519 mentions
Apostle

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 2
the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah met in the Council House at 10 o'clock and was organized by appointing J. M. Grant Speaker and Thomas Bullock clerk. The Council was organized by appointing Willard Richards President and James Ferguson clerk. Wilford Woodruff E. T. Benson and Lorenzo Snow of the Twelve were members of the House and Orson Hyde Parley P. Pratt George A Smith and F. D. Richards of the Twelve were in the Council.

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Wilford appointed clerk and historian of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at age 45.
Wilford serves third term as member of Territorial Legislature.

Dec 13, 1852