- Utah Territory Delegation
Utah Territory Delegation
(non-voting)
Members (2):
| Name | Visualize | Details | Delegations |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Q. Cannon | Visualize | (January 11, 1827 — April 12, 1901) Cannon was an editor, publisher, chancellor, and politician. George Cannon was born in Liverpool, England and immigrated to the United States in 1842, where he and his family settled in Nauvoo, Illinois. He moved to Utah, then the Mexican Territory, in 1847. While in Utah, Cannon served as a member of the Territorial Council from 1865 to 1866 and 1869 to 1872, and was elected by the Utah constitutional convention in 1872 to present the constitution and memorial to Congress. Cannon was elected as a Republican to the Forty-Third, Forty-Fourth, Forty-Fifth, and Forty-Sixth Congresses from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1881. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000119] | Utah Territory Delegation (This negotiation) |
| William H. Hooper | Visualize | "(December 25, 1813 -- December 30, 1882) William Henry Hooper was a(n) merchant, secretary, public servant, superintendent of a cooperative mercantile institution, president of a national bank, and an American politician. Hooper was born in Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1850. Hooper was secretary of the Territory (1857 and 1858), member of the State senate (1862), superintendent (1873-1877) and president (1877 - 1882) of Cooperative Mercantile Institution, and president of the Deseret National Bank, Salt Lake City from 1872 to his death in 1882. William was elected as a Democrat to the 36th, 39th, 40th, 41st, and 42nd Congresses (March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861 and March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1873), was not reelected in 1872 or in 1860. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000767]" | Utah Territory Delegation (The Road to Civil War) , Utah Territory Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Territory of Utah (United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866) , Utah Territory Delegation (This negotiation) |