Rudger Clawson is tried for polygamy by a jury composed of 12 non-Mormons. Even though the polygamous marriage was performed before the 1862 Morrill act, he is tried ex-post facto, in clear violation of the Constitution of the United States. He is imprisoned and fined for his marriage. (1)
-- Oct 16, 1882
George Teasdale and Heber J. Grant are ordained apostles and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (1)
[Heber J. Grant] Ordained an Apostle by President George Q. Cannon of the First Presidency. (2)
[Quorum of the Twelve] George Teasdale and Heber J. Grant ordained. (3)
-- Oct 28, 1882
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Leaves Salt Lake City to preside over the European Mission. (4)
-- 1882
Church Membership at end of year: 145,604
New Converts : 4,871
Percent Change from previous year: 3.46% (5)
-- During ca. 1882-84
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Works as bookkeeper for brother, Spencer Clawson, in wholesale dry goods business. (6)
-- During 1882
[Deseret] Edmunds Act passed by Congress making it unlawful to cohabitate. (7)
Mormon women opened the Deseret Hospital, which was almost entirely managed and staffed by female directors and doctors. Additionally, LDS Relief Society women became involved in a number of enterprises designed to help care for the state's poor through donations of money, food, and materials, and managed business operations such as silk raising and grain storage. (7)
[John Taylor] Publishes The Mediation and Atonement. (8)
[John Taylor] United States Congress passes the Edmunds bill, making plural marriage a felony and prohibiting polygamists from voting, holding public office, or performing jury duty. (8)
-- During 1882-1885
[Periodicals] Morgenstjernen; Andrew Jenson Salt Lake City, Utah DANISH (Periodical) (9)
-- During 1882
[Wilford Woodruff] The United States Congress passes the Edmunds Act, making plural marriage a felony and prohibiting polygamists from voting, holding public office, or performing jury duty. (10)
Footnotes:
1 - Wikipedia, 19th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century_(Mormonism)
2 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Heber J. Grant, Salt Lake City, Utah
3 - Wikipedia, Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)
4 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
5 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
6 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993
7 - History to Go, Statehood, http://historytogo.utah.gov/timeline/statehood.html
8 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah
9 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.4, Appendix 3: Church Periodicals
10 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah
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