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It was unanimously decided that Smith would run for president on an independent platform.
It was unanimously decided that Joseph Smith would run for president of the United States on an independent platform. 9 Thus began one of the most fascinating third-party presidential campaigns in American history.
- The Prophet Visits The President
- The 1844 Election Cycle Begins
- Joseph Smith’s Platform
- The Campaign
- Assassination Ends The Campaign
- Why Joseph Smith Ran For President
- Epilogue
Joseph Smith left Nauvoo for Washington, D.C., with Sidney Rigdon, Elias Higbee, and Orrin Porter Rockwell in a two-horse carriage “to lay before the Congress of the United States, the grievances of the Saints while in Missouri.”2 Joseph and Judge Higbee met with President Martin Van Buren on November 29, 1839. At first Van Buren was inconsiderate ...
In Nauvoo the Times and Seasons published an editorial on October 1, 1843, titled “Who Shall Be Our Next President?” It did not suggest any specific names but concluded that the candidate must be “the man who will be the most likely to render us assistance in obtaining redress for our grievances.”7 On November 4, 1843, Joseph Smith wrote letters to...
Joseph wasted little time in preparing a platform for his campaign. He met with William W. Phelps and dictated to him the headings for a political pamphlet titled General Smith’s Views of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States,12 the foundation document for his presidential platform. The platform didn’t specifically mention th...
On April 9, 1844, during general conference, the campaign began to take on a unique nature. Brigham Young announced that elders would be called to both “preach the Gospel and electioneer.”22 During the latter part of the meeting, when President Young called for volunteers to serve these missions, 244 men stepped forward.23 Additional electioneer mi...
In the meantime, William Law and others in Illinois were plotting to take the life of Joseph Smith. Dr. Wall Southwick recounted a meeting he had attended in Carthage, Illinois, wherein the enemies of the Prophet had gathered together from every state in the Union but three. They were concerned that Joseph’s“views on government were widely circulat...
Joseph Smith really was not a contender for winning the campaign so why did he run? “I would not have suffered my name to have been used by my friends on anywise as President of the United States, or candidate for that office, if I and my friends could have had the privilege of enjoying our religious and civil rights as American citizens, even thos...
On June 25, 1976, Governor Christopher S. Bond of Missouri “formally rescinded” the extermination order and expressed personal regret “for the injustice and undue suffering which was caused by the 1838 oreder.”34 On March 24, 2004, members of the Illinois House of Representatives considered a resolution that called for a formal apology to Latter-da...
He entered that contest on terms dictated by the American political system. His presidential platform was a secular document couched in the political language of his day; he presented himself to the American people on his merits as a man and on the relevance of his political views to the problems of the day.
At a meeting in the mayor's office in Nauvoo, Illinois, on January 29, 1844, it was moved and voted unanimously that "we will have an independent electoral ticket, and that Joseph Smith be a candidate for the next Presidency; and that we use all honorable means in our power to secure his election."1 Whereupon the Mormon Prophet remarked to the Q...
Joseph Smith declared his candidacy for president of the United States in February 1844. Joseph personally and the Saints more generally had experienced several years of harassment and persecution both in Missouri and in Illinois.
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Mar 23, 2020 · In Nauvoo, Illinois, Smith established a theocracy, ran for President, and tested the limits of religious freedom, Casey Cep writes.
