Joseph Smith for President
Title | Joseph Smith for President PDF eBook |
Author | Spencer W. McBride |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 297 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0190909412 |
"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"--
Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier
Title | Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin E. Park |
Publisher | Liveright Publishing |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2020-02-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1631494872 |
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.
The Mormon Quest for the Presidency
Title | The Mormon Quest for the Presidency PDF eBook |
Author | Newell G. Bringhurst |
Publisher | |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2011-09-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781934901090 |
Discusses eleven Mormons who ran for president--including Joseph Smith, George Romney, Morris "Mo" Udall, Orrin Hatch, and Mitt Romney, and Jon Huntsman Jr.
Storming the Nation
Title | Storming the Nation PDF eBook |
Author | Derek R Sainsbury |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Deseret |
ISBN | 9781944394929 |
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.
Joseph Smith and the United States Presidency
Title | Joseph Smith and the United States Presidency PDF eBook |
Author | Kirk Caudle |
Publisher | GRIN Verlag |
Pages | 29 |
Release | 2010-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 3640780639 |
Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: USA, language: English, abstract: Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, started more than a religion; he led a political and a cultural movement that is still felt in contemporary American politics. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints distinguishes itself as one of the fastest growing religious denominations in the United States of America. In 1844, Joseph Smith declared himself a contender for the presidential seat, a decision that perhaps received more scrutiny from his enemies than any other decision during his lifetime. Former studies of the life of Joseph Smith often contain half-truths and attempts to desecrate his character while giving little credit to the larger role he plays in the history of American politics and religion. This study provides an interdisciplinary look at his presidential campaign, and his true intentions for running. Joseph Smith possessed sincere political aspirations for the protection of all oppressed peoples. His campaign solidified his place not only in American religious history, but also in American political history.
Joseph Smith
Title | Joseph Smith PDF eBook |
Author | Arnold K. Garr |
Publisher | Millennial PressInc |
Pages | 125 |
Release | 2008-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781932597530 |
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.
The Council of Fifty
Title | The Council of Fifty PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Grow |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2017-09-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781944394219 |
Three months before his death, Joseph Smith established the Council of Fifty, a confidential group that he believed would protect the Latter-day Saints in their political rights and one day serve as the government of the kingdom of God. The Council of Fifty operated under the leadership of Joseph Smith and then Brigham Young in Nauvoo, Illinois, from March 1844 to January 1846, playing a key role in Joseph Smith's presidential campaign and in preparing for the Mormon exodus to the west. The council's minutes had never been available until they were published by the Joseph Smith Papers in September 2016, meaning that the council has been the subject of intense speculation for 160 years. In this book of short essays, leading Mormon scholars--including Richard Bushman, Richard Bennett, Paul Reeve, and Patrick Mason--explore how the newly available minutes alter and enhance our understanding of Mormon history.