Joseph Smith For President

Author : Spencer W. McBride
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190909413

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Joseph Smith for President by Spencer W. McBride Pdf

"In 1844, Joseph Smith, the controversial founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had amassed a national following of some 25,000 believers-and a militia of some 2,500 men. In this year, his priority was protecting the lives and civil rights of his people. Having failed to win the support of any of the presidential contenders for these efforts, Smith launched his own renegade campaign for the White House, one that would end with his assassination at the hands of an angry mob. Smith ran on a platform that called for the total abolition of slavery, the closure of the country's penitentiaries, the reestablishment of a national bank to stabilize the economy, and most importantly an expansion of protections for religious minorities. Spencer W. McBride tells the story of Smith's quixotic but consequential run for the White House and shows how his calls for religious freedom helped to shape the American political system we know today"--

Author : Benjamin E. Park
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781631494871

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Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier by Benjamin E. Park Pdf

Best Book Award • Mormon History Association A brilliant young historian excavates the brief life of a lost Mormon city, uncovering a “grand, underappreciated saga in American history” (Wall Street Journal). In Kingdom of Nauvoo, Benjamin E. Park draws on newly available sources to re-create the founding and destruction of the Mormon city of Nauvoo. On the banks of the Mississippi in Illinois, the early Mormons built a religious utopia, establishing their own army and writing their own constitution. For those offenses and others—including the introduction of polygamy, which was bitterly opposed by Emma Smith, the iron-willed first wife of Joseph Smith—the surrounding population violently ejected the Mormons, sending them on their flight to Utah. Throughout his absorbing chronicle, Park shows how the Mormons of Nauvoo were representative of their era, and in doing so elevates Mormon history into the American mainstream.

Author : Newell G. Bringhurst,Craig L. Foster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1934901091

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The Mormon Quest for the Presidency by Newell G. Bringhurst,Craig L. Foster Pdf

Discusses eleven Mormons who ran for president--including Joseph Smith, George Romney, Morris "Mo" Udall, Orrin Hatch, and Mitt Romney, and Jon Huntsman Jr.

Author : Dallin H Oaks,Marvin S Hill
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1979-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 025200762X

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Carthage Conspiracy by Dallin H Oaks,Marvin S Hill Pdf

Carthage Conspiracy deals with the general problem of Mormon/non-Mormon conflict, as well as with the dramatic story of Mormon prophet Joseph Smith, his brother Hyrum, and their alleged assassins. It places the infamous event at the Carthage jail (1846) and the subsequent murder-conspiracy trial in the context of Mormon and American legal history, and deals with the question of achieving justice when crimes are politically motivated and popularly supported.

Author : Derek R Sainsbury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Deseret
ISBN : 1944394923

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Storming the Nation by Derek R Sainsbury Pdf

This book uncovers the significant but previously unknown contributions of the electioneers of Joseph Smith's 1844 presidential campaign. The focus is the cadre of over six-hundred political missionaries-who they were before the campaign, their activities and experiences as electioneers, and who they became following the campaign's untimely collapse. It narrates the important and even crucial contributions they made in the succession crisis, the exodus from the United States, and the building of Zion in the Great Basin. Importantly, it describes how their campaigning with the Quorum of Twelve Apostles using theodemocratic themes, coupled with the shock of Joseph Smith's assassination, steeled and subsequently spurred many of them into effective religious, political, social, and economic leaders-leaders who shaped Latter-day Saint history.

Author : Spencer W. McBride
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190909437

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Joseph Smith for President by Spencer W. McBride Pdf

By the election year of 1844, Joseph Smith, the controversial founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had amassed a national following of some 25,000 believers. Nearly half of them lived in the city of Nauvoo, Illinois, where Smith was not only their religious leader but also the mayor and the commander-in-chief of a militia of some 2,500 men. In less than twenty years, Smith had helped transform the American religious landscape and grown his own political power substantially. Yet the standing of the Mormon people in American society remained unstable. Unable to garner federal protection, and having failed to win the support of former president Martin Van Buren or any of the other candidates in the race, Smith decided to take matters into his own hands, launching his own bid for the presidency. While many scoffed at the notion that Smith could come anywhere close to the White House, others regarded his runand his religionas a threat to the stability of the young nation. Hounded by mobs throughout the campaign, Smith was ultimately killed by onethe first presidential candidate to be assassinated. Though Joseph Smith's run for president is now best rememberedwhen it is remembered at allfor its gruesome end, the renegade campaign was revolutionary. Smith called for the total abolition of slavery, the closure of the country's penitentiaries, and the reestablishment of a national bank to stabilize the economy. But Smith's most important proposal was for an expansion of protections for religious minorities. At a time when the Bill of Rights did not apply to individual states, Smith sought to empower the federal government to protect minorities when states failed to do so. Spencer W. McBride tells the story of Joseph Smith's quixotic but consequential run for the White House and shows how his calls for religious freedom helped to shape the American political system we know today.

Author : Arnold K. Garr
Publisher : Millennial PressInc
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1932597530

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Joseph Smith by Arnold K. Garr Pdf

Joseph Smith's campaign for president of the United States is one of the most fascinating, yet least understood, events in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints. The author brings the Prophet's presidential run to life with timely insights into questions that have heretofore received little attention.

Author : The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publisher : The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781465117205

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Pdf

The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles have established the Teachings of Presidents of the Church series to help you draw closer to your Heavenly Father and deepen your understanding of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. As the Church adds volumes to this series, you will build a collection of gospel reference books for your home. The volumes in this series are designed to be used for personal study and for Sunday instruction. They can also help you prepare other lessons or talks and answer questions about Church doctrine. This book features the teachings of President Joseph Fielding Smith, who served as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from January 23, 1970, to July 2, 19

Author : Newell G. Bringhurst,Craig L. Foster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89096113899

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The Mormon Quest for the Presidency by Newell G. Bringhurst,Craig L. Foster Pdf

Author : Joseph Smith (Jr.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:980870472

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General Smith's Views of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States by Joseph Smith (Jr.) Pdf

Author : Roger D. Launius
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0252065158

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Joseph Smith III by Roger D. Launius Pdf

This interesting, well-researched biography of the founder of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints covers the 54 years of his presidency, a tenure marked by Mormon factionalism that he succeeded in controlling. The son of the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith III at first resisted succeeding his father as leader and prophet but, as his biographer underscores, his governance from 1860 until his death in 1914 was fiercely committed to the religious legacy of his parent. Differing in style from the elder Smith's "sometimes disastrous impracticality," his son exemplified rugged individualism with a secular pragmatism that sprang from his legal education. An opponent of polygamy, as proclaimed by Brigham Young, the younger Smith established a viable bureaucracy and a style of leadership that characterizes the Mormon community today, notes the author, a military historian.

Author : Rick C Bennett,Shauna B Beckett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798671420845

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Joseph Smith's Campaign for President of U.S. by Rick C Bennett,Shauna B Beckett Pdf

While many people are familiar that Joseph Smith ran for President of the United States, how serious was his candidacy? Did Joseph really think he would win? Dr. Derek Sainsbury will answer that question (and yes it was a serious run for President.) We will not only talk about Joseph's vision for government but talk about the largest missionary force ever assembled to campaign for Joseph. How did they react to Joseph Smith's death while they were out campaigning? What modern-day equivalents would Joseph be likened to? Check out our conversation....

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Latter Day Saint churches
ISBN : IND:30000084063720

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Life of Joseph F. Smith by Anonim Pdf

Joseph F. Smith was born in 1838, son of Hyrum Smith and Mary Fielding. Smith ancestry is traced to Robert Smith who came to Massachusetts in 1638.

Author : Alexander Baugh,Steven Harper,Brent Rogers,Benjamin Pyckles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1950304086

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Joseph Smith and His First Vision by Alexander Baugh,Steven Harper,Brent Rogers,Benjamin Pyckles Pdf

Joseph Smith's First Vision of the Father and the Son in 1820 was the first of many visions the Prophet and early Church members experienced. This volume brings together some of the finest presentations from the 2020 BYU Church History Symposium honoring the bicentennial of the First Vision. Explore the influence of the First Vision, as well as teachings of other visionaries.

Author : Robert Wicks,Fred R. Foister
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : UCBK:C074579034

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Junius And Joseph by Robert Wicks,Fred R. Foister Pdf

"Junius and Joseph examines Joseph Smith's nearly forgotten [1844] presidential bid, the events leading up to his assassination on June 27, 1844, and the tangled aftermath of the tragic incident. It... establishes that Joseph Smith's murder, rather than being the deadly outcome of a spontaneous mob uprising, was in fact a carefully planned military-style execution. It is now possible to identify many of the key individuals engaged in planning his assassination as well as those who took part in the assault on Carthage jail. And furthermore, this study presents incontrovertible evidence that the effort to remove the Mormon leader from power and influence extended well beyond Hancock County [Illinois] (and included prominent Whig politicians as well as the Democratic governor of the state), thereby transforming his death from an impulsive act by local vigilantes into a political assassination sanctioned by some of the most powerful men in Illinois. The circumstances surrounding Joseph Smith's death also serve to highlight the often unrecognized truth that a full understanding of early Mormon history can be gained only when considered in the context of events taking place in American society as a whole."