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The '''2nd Utah State Legislature''' was elected Tuesday, November 3, 1896, and convened on Monday, January 11, 1897.

==Dates of sessions==

* '''1897 Biennial Session:''' January 11, 1897

==Leadership==
===Utah Senate===

* President of the Senate: [[Aquila Nebeker]]

===Utah House of Representatives===

* Speaker of the House: [[John N. Perkins]]

==Utah Senate==

{{Main|Utah Senate}}

===Make-up===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | Affiliation
! Members
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| [[Utah Democratic Party|Democratic Party]]
| 17
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Populist Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| [[Populist Party (United States)|Populist Party]]
| 1
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| [[Utah Republican Party|Republican Party]]
| 0
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | &nbsp;'''Total'''<br>
| '''18'''
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | &nbsp;'''Government Majority'''<br>
| '''16'''
|}

===Members===

{{Further|List of Utah State Legislatures}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Party !! District !! County
|-
| Allred, John F. || || [[9th Utah Senate District|9]] || [[Sanpete County, Utah|Sanpete]]
|-
|-
| [[John T. Caine|Caine, John T.]]<ref>John T. Caine, [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000023 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]</ref> || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat || [[6th Utah Senate District|6]] || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
|-
|-
| [[Martha Hughes Cannon|Cannon, Martha H]]. || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat || [[6th Utah Senate District|6]] || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
|-
|-
| [[R. C. Chambers|Chambers, Robert C.]]|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat || [[5th Utah Senate District|5]] || [[Summit County, Utah|Summit]]
|-
| Evans, Abel J. || || [[7th Utah Senate District|7]] || [[Utah County, Utah|Utah]]
|-
| Harbour, Benjamin A. || || [[6th Utah Senate District|6]] || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
|-
| Hamer, Daniel || || [[4th Utah Senate District|4]] || [[Weber County, Utah|Weber]]
|-
| Johnson, M. E. || || [[12th Utah Senate District|12]] || [[Grand County, Utah|Grand]]
|-
|-
| Monson, Joseph || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat || [[2nd Utah Senate District|2]] || [[Cache County, Utah|Cache]]
|-
|-
| [[Aquila Nebeker|Nebeker, Aquila]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat || [[3rd Utah Senate District|3]] || [[Cache County, Utah|Cache]]
|-
| Nebeker, William G. || || [[1st Utah Senate District|1]] || [[Box Elder County, Utah|Box Elder]]
|-
| Rideout, David O. || || [[6th Utah Senate District|6]] || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
|-
| Robison, Joseph V. || || [[8th Utah Senate District|8]] || [[Millard County, Utah|Millard]]
|-
| [[Lewis W. Shurtliff|Shurtliff, Lewis W.]] || || [[4th Utah Senate District|4]] || [[Weber County, Utah|Weber]]
|-
| Smoot, Abraham O. || || [[7th Utah Senate District|7]] || [[Utah County, Utah|Utah]]
|-
|-
| [[Edward H. Snow|Snow, Edward H.]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat || [[11th Utah Senate District|11]] || [[Washington County, Utah|Washington]]
|-
| Whitaker, George A. || || [[6th Uth Senate District|6]] || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
|-
| Wright, Isaac K. || || [[10th Utah Senate District|10]] || [[Sevier County, Utah|Sevier]]
|-
|}

==Utah House of Representatives==

{{Main|Utah House of Representatives}}

===Make-up===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | Affiliation
! Members
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| [[Utah Democratic Party|Democratic Party]]
| 39
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Populist Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| [[Populist Party (United States)|Populist Party]]
| 3
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
| [[Utah Republican Party|Republican Party]]
| 3
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | &nbsp;'''Total'''<br>
| '''45'''
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" | &nbsp;'''Government Majority'''<br>
| '''33'''
|}

===Members===

{{Further|List of Utah State Legislatures}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Party !! District !! County
|-
|-
| Anderson, Sarah E. || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat || 4 || [[Weber County, Utah|Weber]]
|-
| Bennion, Heber || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat || 8 || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
|-
| [[Charles A. Callis|Callis, Charles A.]] || || 9 || [[Summit County, Utah|Summit]]
|-
| Cook, David S. || || 3 || [[Rich County, Utah|Rich]]
|-
| Cook, Samuel N. || || 1 || [[Box Elder County, Utah|Box Elder]]
|-
| Creer, W. O. || || 11 || [[Utah County, Utah|Utah]]
|-
| Dotson, William L. H. || || 20 || [[Beaver County, Utah|Beaver]]
|-
| Dresser, Norman B. || || 7 || [[Tooele County, Utah|Tooele]]
|-
| Duffin, James G. || || 25 || [[Washington County, Utah|Washington]]
|-
| Forshee, James E. || || 21 || [[Piute County, Utah|Piute]]
|-
| Gibson, William || || 12 || [[Uintah County, Utah|Uintah]]
|-
| Greenwood, Barnard H. || || 18 || [[Sevier County, Utah|Sevier]]
|-
| Hansen, Andrew J. || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican || 23 || [[Garfield County, Utah|Garfield]]
|-
| Hardy, Aaron || || 14 || [[Sanpete County, Utah|Sanpete]]
|-
| Hopkin, John || || 5 || [[Morgan County, Utah|Morgan]]
|-
| Kenner, Scipio A. || || 8 || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
|-
| Kimball, Joseph || || 2 || [[Cache County, Utah|Cache]]
|-
| Kimball, Oliver G. || || 15 || [[Carbon County, Utah|Carbon]]
|-
|-
| LaBarthe, Eurithe K. || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat || 8 || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
|-
| Lemmon, Hyrum || || 11 || [[Utah County, Utah|Utah]]
|-
| Lund, Louis P. || || 11 || [[Utah County, Utah|Utah]]
|-
| Mangan, Daniel || || 8 || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
|-
| Martin, V. P. || || 27 ||
|-
| Maxfield, Hiett E. || || 22 || [[Wayne County, Utah|Wayne]]
|-
| McKay, Angus || || 4 || [[Weber County, Utah|Weber]]
|-
| [[Joseph R. Murdock|Murdock, Joseph R.]] || || 10 || [[Wasatch County, Utah|Wasatch]]
|-
| O'Brien, William H. || || 4 || [[Weber County, Utah|Weber]]
|-
| Oveson, L. P. || || 16 || [[Emery County, Utah|Emery]]
|-
| Parry, John || || 24 ||
|-
| Perkins, John N. || || 4 || [[Weber County, Utah|Weber]]
|-
| Price, Moroni || || 2 || [[Cache County, Utah|Cache]]
|-
| Ray, William A. || || 19 || [[Millard County, Utah|Millard]]
|-
| Robinson, Joseph E. || || 26 || [[Kane County, Utah|Kane]]
|-
| Romney, George || || 8 || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
|-
| Roylance, William M. || || 11 || [[Utah County, Utah|Utah]]
|-
| Shephard, Richard B. || || 8 || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
|-
| Sloan, Robert W. || || 8 || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
|-
| Sorensen, Andrew P. || || 17 || [[Grand County, Utah|Grand]]
|-
| Sorenson, Neils C. || || 14 || [[Sanpete County, Utah|Sanpete]]
|-
| Stewart, Hyrum || || 6 ||
|-
| [[Joseph Edward Taylor|Taylor, Joseph E.]] || || 8 || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
|-
| Thompson, James || || 8 || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
|-
| [[Ingwald C. Thoresen]] || || 2 || [[Cache County, Utah|Cache]]
|-
| Wheeler, Claude V. || || 13 || [[Juab County, Utah|Juab]]
|-
| Wilson, Everett W. || || 8 || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Utah state legislatures]]
{{UT legislatures}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Politics of Utah|Legislature]]
[[Category:Utah legislative sessions|2]]
[[Category:1896 in Utah]]
[[Category:1897 in Utah]]