1906 Event Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy 1896 Event Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state 1893 Event U.S. President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy 1890 Event Mormon Church outlaws polygamy 1890 Event President of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching and practice of polygamy should be abandoned 1890 Event Mormon Church renounces polygamy 1882 Event Edmunds Act adopted by U.S. to suppress polygamy in the territories 1862 Event Congress outlaws polygamy (1st time); bad news for Utah 1843 Event Mormon leader Joseph Smith say God OKs polygamy
