Political Activities – Edwin Whiting Online Archives https://edwinwhiting.com A collection of photos, stories, and other information about Edwin Whiting and his family. Wed, 25 Aug 2021 07:50:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 Edwin Whiting Legislature Summary https://edwinwhiting.com/edwin-whiting-legislature-summary/ https://edwinwhiting.com/edwin-whiting-legislature-summary/#respond Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:19:48 +0000 http://wp.local/2012/08/28/edwin-whiting-legislature-summary/ There are two legislative bodies of the Legislature, the Councilors and the Representatives. Edwin’s nomination was to be a Councilor.

1.His Nomination

“At a convention held in Manti, on the 16th, Edwin Whiting was nominated for Councilor and John L. Ivie for member of the House of Representatives for the next Legislative Assembly. Yours Respectfully, G.P.”

Edwin Whiting Nominated for Legislative Assembly

Source: Deseret News 1859-07-27, pg. 2, San Pete County Correspondence

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 2.His Committee Assignments

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Source: Deseret News 1859-12-14, pg 4, Meeting of the Legislature

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Edwin Whiting was in the Ninth Legislative Assembly (Legislature in our day). In 1859 the Deseret News Online shows that he is a Councilor representing Juab and San Pete County and was present “on the calling the roll”. There were other notables of Church History also there. Daniel H. Wells, Orson Pratt, F. D. Richards, Lorenzo Snow, Amasa Lyman, Geo. A. Smith, John Taylor, and W.W. Phelps are a few of the names that would be recognized in the assembly.

Edwin Whiting’s Committees assignments were: Revenue; Elections; Roads; Bridges, Ferries and Kanyons; Agriculture, Trade and Manufactures.

Source Deseret News Online, Dec 14, 1859, pg 4.

For the Legislative Assembly of 1860, His committee assignments were: Revenue; Eections; Roads, Bridges, Ferries and Kanyons; Education. Many of the prominent names are again listed.

Source, Deseret News Online 19 Dec. 1860, pg 5.

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]]> https://edwinwhiting.com/edwin-whiting-legislature-summary/feed/ 0 Edwin Whiting and the Deseret Agricultural & Manufacturing Society https://edwinwhiting.com/edwin-whiting-and-the-deseret-agrivcultural-manufacturing-society/ https://edwinwhiting.com/edwin-whiting-and-the-deseret-agrivcultural-manufacturing-society/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:57:08 +0000 http://wp.local/2012/02/27/edwin-whiting-and-the-deseret-agrivcultural-manufacturing-society/ Three articles follow with many names of this new organization. Their purpose was to create business and articles by themselves to sustain their lives and sell to themselves as a community and not to depend on outsiders coming in and then buying from them. The images shown are only a small part of the business that they are about. See the url next to the image for details. You will notice that this is during the period that Edwin is in the Legislature, in the 1860’s..

 Correspondence from San Pete County:

This article details the organization of the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society. Edwin Whiting was the organization’s first president.

http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/deseretnews2&CISOPTR=610&CISOSHOW=611

Source: Deseret News 1860-03-14 Correspondence, pg. 5 (Note: The source and other articles on the same page give a year as 1860.)

 Report of the D.A. & M. Society

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Source: Deseret News 1860-04-25, pg7, Report of the D. A. & M. Society

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