Governor John Dawson arrives on 7th departs on 31st; vetoes 3rd Constitutional Convention.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
January 20, 1862 ~ Monday
20th Jan 1862. Important Day
The Delegates Elected by the inhabitants of Utah met in
convention this day at the Court House in Great Salt Lake City
at 10 oclok A.M. to Form a constitution for a State Govern-
ment. Presidents B. Young H. C. Kimball & D H Wells and
Judge Kenney were present. Daniel H Wells was Appointed
President Wm Clayton Secretary R. L. Campbell & Patrick
Lynch assistant Secretaries. President Joseph Young Chaplain
R LT Burton Sergent at Arms, Andrew Cunningham Foreman,
John W. Woolley, James F. Alread Door keepers David P Kimball
Henry Heath Messengers. G. A. Smith A Carrington
Elias Smith Zerubbabel Snow & John Taylor were appointed
a committee to draft a constitution for a State Governm[en]t
James Ferguson Wilford Woodruff Samuel Richards Lorenzo
Snow & L. E. Harrington was appointed a committe to draft
a Moemorial to Congress. Committee on Ordinance A. O.
Smoot, E. M. Green, J. W. Cummings A K Thurber and
Loren Farr. Committee on Election O. Hyde E. T. Benson
J. M. Moody Burnard Snow & Wm. B. Preston
Speeches were Made by G. A. Smith S. M. Blair H. Stout
John Taylor Zerubabel Snow & E L. E Harrington also Presid[en]t
Brigham Young made a vary important speech J. V. Long
was appointed Reporter. President Young said I would like to
have the members who come here should attend to the business
for which they came together and not name Either Mormon or
Christian. I would like to see any Lawyier show me the Constitution
or law that Gives the U. S. power to send any man to rule over us
I will claim my wrights and in the name of God we will
maintain them if any more men come here committing treason
I will treating them as treasoners, whether they be many
or few if I had been in the place of the President of the United States
and had possession of Mason & Slidell I would have hung them
or shot them for they were guilty of treason. We have the
right to do all that we shall attempt to perform and we will have
our right by the Help of God and if any man comes here again
to molest us they shall pay the penalty so help me God
People
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Lincoln, Abraham
12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865
32 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Carrington, Albert
8 Jan 1813 - 19 Sep 1889
232 mentions
Apostle
Thurber, Albert King
1826-1888
48 mentions
Cunningham, Andrew
1816-1868
8 mentions
Snow, Bernard
22 Jan 1822 - 22 Feb 1893
9 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
799 mentions
Apostle
Kimball, David Patten
23 Aug 1839 - 21 Nov 1883
30 mentions
Smith, Elias, b. 1804
6 Sep 1804 - 24 Jun 1888
190 mentions
10 mentions
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
378 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Heath, Henry
1828-1908
3 mentions
Stout, Hosea
18 Sep 1810 - 2 Mar 1889
54 mentions
Ferguson, James
23 Feb 1828 - 30 Aug 1863
71 mentions
Allred, James Franklin
1832-1923
4 mentions
Mason, James Murray
3 Nov 1798 - 28 Apr 1871
1 mention
Historical Figure
Cummings, James Willard
1819-1883
61 mentions
Kinney, John Fitch
2 Apr 1816 - 16 Aug 1902
41 mentions
23 mentions
Moody, John Monroe
1822-1884
16 mentions
Slidell, John
1793-1871
1 mention
Historical Figure
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1954 mentions
Apostle
Long, John Varah
1826-1869
67 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
311 mentions
Harrington, Leonard Ellsworth
1816-1883
42 mentions
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
699 mentions
Apostle, Family
Farr, Lorin
25 Jul 1820 - 12 Jan 1909
76 mentions
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
693 mentions
Apostle
Lynch, Patrick
1828-1874
8 mentions
Campbell, Robert Lang
21 Jan 1825 - 11 Apr 1874
121 mentions
Missionary
Burton, Robert Taylor
25 Oct 1821 - 11 Nov 1907
131 mentions
Richards, Samuel Whitney
9 Aug 1824 - 26 Nov 1909
109 mentions
Blair, Seth Millington
13 Mar 1819 - 17 Mar 1875
70 mentions
Preston, William Bowker
24 Nov 1830 - 2 Aug 1908
206 mentions
Clayton, William
17 Jul 1814 - 4 Dec 1879
116 mentions
Snow, Zerubbabel
29 Mar 1809 - 27 Sep 1888
27 mentions
Zion's Camp
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