Nauvoo Politics

Joseph Smith‘s Decision to Run for President (Presidential Campaign) Part 1

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Historic-style document titled 'General Smith’s (Decision)Views of the Powers and Policy of the Government of the United States(Presidential Campaign)

Joseph Smith’s 1844 Presidential Campaign In the late Nauvoo period (1843–1844), Joseph Smith and the Latter-day Saints increasingly felt politically isolated. They had been expelled from Missouri under the 1838 Extermination Order, had lost property worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and had received no legal or governmental redress from Missouri, the federal courts, Congress, … Read more

The Nauvoo Expositor: The Tragic Events Behind Joseph Smith’s Martyrdom

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the nauvoo expositor joseph smith martyrdom illustration(Political Origins)

The Nauvoo Expositor: Expulsion from Missouri and the Rise of Nauvoo After the expulsion of the Latter-day Saints from Missouri in 1838–1839, thousands of refugees crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois. The citizens of Quincy offered critical early support, and the Saints eventually purchased land upriver in Commerce, which would later be renamed Nauvoo. The … Read more