William Howard
(1847-1914)

16th District Representative

Democrat

Yes

48

January 13, 1847

Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland

April 6, 1914

Mary Pead (1848-1904) Married December 21, 1868
Lenora Jane Perkins (1855-1908) Married June 15, 1873
Eliza Homer Hill (1860-1933) Married October 11, 1878

Farmer and Civic Leader

William Howard emigrated to Utah in 1853. He received much of his education at home. Howard was appointed a second lieutenant in the territorial militia and, at age nineteen, took charge of a small company of men during the Black Hawk War. He held several public offices in Rich County. Starting in 1886, Howard served as a statistical correspondent to the United States Department of Agriculture and received a commission as a World’s Congress member. In 1895, as a member of the Constitutional Convention, Howard signed the new state constitution. He never missed a meeting during the convention. Howard was appointed a commissioner of the United States' circuit court for Utah in March of 1896. He died in 1914 from Bright’s Disease.

Drumm, Mark. "The Bee Hive State." Drumm's Manual of Utah, and Souvenir of the First State Legislature, 1896. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Salt Lake City, Utah: M. Drumm, 1896. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hx4jb7.

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Image of William Howard by courtesy of HathiTrust Cropped from page 75 of Drumm, Mark. "The Bee Hive State." Drumm's Manual of Utah, and Souvenir of the First State Legislature, 1896. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Salt Lake City, Utah: M. Drumm, 1896. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hx4jb7?urlappend=%3Bseq=81