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Polygamy Events in History



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









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