3rd Wyoming Territorial Legislature

3rd Wyoming Territorial Legislature
3rd Wyoming Territorial Legislature
	The Laramie County Courthouse where the Council and House of Representatives convened
Overview
Legislative body	Wyoming Legislature
Jurisdiction	Wyoming Territory, United States
Meeting place	Laramie County Courthouse
Term	1873–1875
Wyoming Council
Members	9 Senators
President of the Council	Francis E. Warren
Party control	Democratic
Wyoming House of Representatives
Members	13 Representatives
Speaker of the House	S. H. Wilkinson
Party control	Democratic

The 3rd Wyoming Territorial Legislature was a former meeting of the Wyoming Legislature that lasted from November 4, to December 12, 1873.^[1]

History[]

Formation[]

On November 4, 1873, Joseph W. Fisher, Chief Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court, swore in the members of the state legislature.^[2]

During the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, S. H. Wilkinson was nominated by H. Conley and N. L. Andrews was nominated by William H. Holliday. Ten members of the House voted for Wilkinson, two voted for N. L. Andrews, and one voted for C. A. Phippes. Secretary of the Territory Jason B. Brown ruled that Wilkinson won and Fisher inaugurated him as Speaker.^[2]

Francis E. Warren was selected to serve as the President of the Council.^[2]

Membership[]

Council[]

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
Beginning of 2nd Legislature	5^[1]	4	9	0
Latest voting share	55.56%	44.44%

House of Representatives[]

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
Beginning of 2nd Legislature	7^[1]	6	13	0
Latest voting share	53.85%	46.15%

Members of the Wyoming House of Representatives[]

Representative^[2]	Party	Counties Represented
N. L. Andrews		Albany
H. Conley		Laramie
A. E. Farley		Carbon
J. E. Ferris		Sweetwater
H. Haas		Laramie
William H. Holliday	Democratic	Albany
Jervis Joslin		Laramie
V. R. King		Albany
C. A. Phippes		Uinta
G. W. Ritter		Albany
C. L. Tisdale		Uinta
F. S. Whitney		Laramie
S. H. Wilkinson		Sweetwater

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "1873 Legislature Membership". Archived from the original on May 25, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wyoming Page 3 to 8. University of Chicago. 1874. p. 3 – via Google Books.

[membership-1] "1873 Legislature Membership". Archived from the original on May 25, 2020.

[membership_names-2] House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wyoming Page 3 to 8. University of Chicago. 1874. p. 3 – via Google Books.

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Territorial sessions	1869–1871: 1st 1871–1873: 2nd 1873–1875: 3rd 1884–1886: 8th 1886–1888: 9th
Territorial Speaker of the House	1869–1871: S. M. Curran 1871–1873: Ben Sheeks 1873–1875: S. H. Wilkinson 1884–1886: F. H. Jones 1886–1888: John S. Kerr
Territorial Senate Presidents	1869–1871: William H. Bright 1871–1873: Stephen Friel Nuckolls 1873–1875: Francis E. Warren 1884–1886: William H. Holliday 1886–1888: J. W. Blake
State sessions	2017–2019: 64th 2019–2021: 65th
Speaker of the House	1890–1893: Oliver P. Kellogg 1893–1895: L.C. Tidball 1895–1897: Jay L. Torrey 1897–1899: Albert D. Kelley 1899–1901: Levi R. Davis 1901–1905: Jerome S. Atherly 1905–1907: Lyman B. Cooper 1907–1909: Scott K. Snively 1909–1911: Charles E. Hayden 1911–1913: Levi R. Davis 1913–1915: Martin L. Pratt 1915–1917: James M. Graham 1917–1919: W.K. Jones 1919–1921: E.J. Sullivan 1921–1923: Lewis R. Ewart 1923–1925: J.D. Noblitt 1925–1927: J.C. Underwood 1927–1929: A.W. McCollough 1929–1931: Marvin L. Bishop Jr. 1931–1933: Charles B. Mann 1933–1935: William M. Jack 1935–1937: Henry Watenpaugh 1937–1939: Herman F. Krueger 1939–1941: Herbert Fowler 1941–1943: Carl Robinson 1943–1945: Richard J. Luman 1945–1947: Walter W. Hudson 1947–1949: Homer Oxley 1949–1951: Herman Mayland 1951–1953: Frank C. Mockler 1953–1955: David Foote 1955–1957: T.C. Daniels 1957–1959: Lee E. Keith 1959–1961: Jay House 1961–1963: Joseph L. Budd 1963–1965: Marlin Kurtz 1965–1966: Walter Phelan 1966–1967: Edness Kimball Wilkins 1967–1969: William Swanton 1969–1971: Verda James 1971–1973: Ward Myers 1973–1975: Cliff Davis 1975–1977: Harold Hellbaum 1977–1979: Nels J. Smith 1979–1981: Warren Morton 1981–1983: Bob Burnett 1983–1985: Russell Donley III 1985–1987: Jack Sidi 1987–1989: Patrick Meenan 1989–1991: Bill McIlvain 1991–1993: William Cross 1993–1995: Douglas Chamberlain 1995–1997: John Marton 1997–1999: Bruce Hinchey 1999–2001: Eli Bebout 2001–2003: Rick Tempest 2003–2005: Fred Parady 2005–2007: Randall Luthi 2007–2009: Roy Cohee 2009–2011: Colin M. Simpson 2011–2013: Edward Buchanan 2013–2015: Tom Lubnau 2015–2017: Kermit Brown 2017–present: Steve Harshman
House of Representatives Majority Leader	2017–2019: Eli Bebout 2019–present: Drew Perkins
House of Representatives Minority Leader	2013–2017: Mary Throne 2017–present: Cathy Connolly
Senate Presidents	2015–2017: Phil Nicholas 2017–2019: David Miller 2019–present: Eric Barlow
Senate Majority Leader	2015–2017: Phil Nicholas 2017–2019: Drew Perkins 2019–present: Dan Dockstader
Senate Minority Leader	2013–present: Chris Rothfuss