2nd Wyoming Territorial Legislature

The 2nd Wyoming Territorial Legislature was a former meeting of the Wyoming Legislature that lasted from November 7, to December 16, 1871. During this session an attempt was made to repeal the legislation passed in 1869, that had given women the right to vote, but it failed.

History

On November 7, 1871, Stephen Friel Nuckolls was selected to serve as President of the Council and Ben Sheeks was selected to serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives.

In November, legislation was proposed that would repeal the legislation giving women the right to vote that was passed in 1869. The House of Representatives voted nine to three in favor of the legislation, with all nine Democratic members voting in favor and three Republican members voting against. The legislation later passed the Council with five to four voting in favor. However, the legislation was vetoed by Governor John Allen Campbell. The House of Representatives voted in favor of overturning his veto, but the Council did not.

On December 18, the Council approved Governor Campbell's nominations of J. H. Hayward for Auditor and J. W. Donnan for Treasurer.

Membership

Council

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total

	Democratic	Republican	Populist		Vacant
Beginning of 2nd Legislature	5	3	1	9	0
Latest voting share	55.56%	33.33%	11.11%

House of Representatives

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total

	Democratic	Republican	Populist		Vacant
Beginning of 2nd Legislature	9	4	0	13	0
Latest voting share	69.23%	30.77%	0.00%

References

^ "1871 Legislature Membership". Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
"Leadership". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 14, 1871. p. 2. Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
"A Bill Before the Legislature to Repeal Female Suffrage". The Times-Democrat. November 19, 1871. p. 1. Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
"House Votes to Repeal Suffrage". New England Farmer. November 25, 1871. p. 2. Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
"House Vote". Fort Scott Daily Monitor. November 28, 1871. p. 1. Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
"Council Vote". The Daily State Journal. November 29, 1871. p. 1. Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
"Governor Veto". The Star-Democrat. December 19, 1871. p. 2. Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
"Wyoming Legislature". Kansas Tribune. December 21, 1871. p. 3. Archived from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Wyoming Legislature
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

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