# 2nd Utah State Legislature

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
### Make-up

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Democratic Party | 17 |
| | Populist Party | 1 |
| | Republican Party | 0 |
| Total | Total | 18 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 16 |

### Members

| Name | Party | District | County |
| Allred, John F. | | 9 | Sanpete |
| Caine, John T. | Democrat | 6 | Salt Lake |
| Cannon, Martha H. | Democrat | 6 | Salt Lake |
| Chambers, Robert C. | Democrat | 5 | Summit |
| Evans, Abel J. | | 7 | Utah |
| Harbour, Benjamin A. | | 6 | Salt Lake |
| Hamer, Daniel | | 4 | Weber |
| Johnson, M. E. | | 12 | Grand |
| Monson, Joseph | Democrat | 2 | Cache |
| Nebeker, Aquila | Democrat | 3 | Cache |
| Nebeker, William G. | | 1 | Box Elder |
| Rideout, David O. | | 6 | Salt Lake |
| Robison, Joseph V. | | 8 | Millard |
| Shurtliff, Lewis W. | | 4 | Weber |
| Smoot, Abraham O. | | 7 | Utah |
| Snow, Edward H. | Democrat | 11 | Washington |
| Whitaker, George A. | | 6 | Salt Lake |
| Wright, Isaac K. | | 10 | Sevier |

## Utah House of Representatives
### Make-up

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Democratic Party | 39 |
| | Populist Party | 3 |
| | Republican Party | 3 |
| Total | Total | 45 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 33 |

### Members

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