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Utah's Delegates To Congress, 1851-1896, Larry Haslam
Utah's Delegates To Congress, 1851-1896, Larry Haslam
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Utah existed as a territory for some forty-five years, 1851-1896. During these years Utah continued to occupy an interesting and controversial position on the national scene. The fact that Utah was predominantly Mormon, and that the Mormons were unusual in their beliefs and practices, made the territory and its people a target for the law-making body of the nation as well as the general citizenry. Utah was made an integral part of the congressional discussions and debates in almost every session of Congress during the period of 1851-1896, and there were repeated attempts to punish the Mormons for their "anachronistic" …