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- Title
Mixing Politics with Religion: A Closer Look at Electioneering and Voting in Caldwell and Daviess Counties in 1838.
- Authors
LeSueur, Steve
- Abstract
The article examines the election campaign and voting in Caldwell and Daviess counties in Missouri and the growing political power of Mormon communities in the U.S. In Daviess, Colonel William Peniston condemned the Mormons as objectionable neighbors and unworthy of voting when he failed to persuade them to vote as a bloc for him. During the 1830s, U.S. President Andrew Jackson's opposition to the Bank of the United States was supported by the Mormons. It is said that the vast majority of Caldwell's estimated five thousand citizens were Mormons by the summer of 1838.
- Subjects
MISSOURI; POLITICAL campaigns; VOTING; MORMONS; PENISTON, William; JACKSON, Andrew, 1767-1845; POLITICAL opposition; POLITICAL participation
- Publication
John Whitmer Historical Association Journal, 2013, Vol 33, Issue 1, p184
- ISSN
0739-7852
- Publication type
Article