[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets briefly from 10:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, Dillingham, Hopkins, Pettus, and Smoot, with attorneys Carlisle and Worthington. (1)
-- Feb 7, 1906
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Beveridge, Burrows, Depew, Dillingham, Hopkins, Knox, Overman, Pettus, and Smoot, with attorneys Carlisle, Van Cott, and Worthington. Walter M. Wolfe testifies. The committee goes into executive session at 12 noon, then adjourns. (1)
-- Feb 8, 1906
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Beveridge, Burrows, Dillingham, Hopkins, Knox, and Overman. Wolfe continues, followed by William Jones Thomas, John P. Holmgren, and Charles A. Smurthwaite. The committee recesses from noon until 2:00 p.m. Henry W. Lawrence and Charles Mostyn Owen testify. The committee adjourns at 3:35 p.m. (1)
-- Feb 9, 1906
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Beveridge, Burrows, Dillingham, Hopkins, Knox, and Overman. Smurthwaite continues. The committee adjourns at 11:20 a.m. (1)
-- Feb 22, 1906
[U.S. Religious History] Black evangelist William J. Seymour arrived in Los Angeles and began a series of revival meetings. This "Azusa Street Revival" which would later grow at the Apostolic Faith Mission located at 312 Azusa Street in Los Angeles was key in the development of American Pentecostalism. (2)
-- During 1906 February-March
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Goes to Washington, D.C., to work for Reed Smoot's seating in Senate. (3)
-- Mar 26, 1906
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:20 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, Dubois, Frazier, and Smoot, with attorneys Carlisle and Worthington. Robert J. Shields and James H. Linford testify. The committee recesses from 12:20 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Charles E. Marks, Stephen H. Love, James Clove, and William K. Henry testify. The committee adjourns at 4:02 p.m. (1)
-- Mar 27, 1906
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Burrows and Dubois, with attorney Worthington, who introduces some letters and affidavits. William K. Henry continues, followed by Joseph Geoghegan. The committee adjourns at 11:55 a.m. (1)
-- Apr 9, 1906
[Quorum of the Twelve] George F. Richards, Orson F. Whitney, and David O. McKay ordained. (4)
-- Apr 12, 1906
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Bailey, Burrows, Dillingham, Foraker, Dolliver, Dubois, Frazier, Knox, Overman, Pettus, and Smoot, with attorneys Carlisle and Worthington. Carlisle summarizes the prosecution's case. The committee adjourns at 11:55 a.m. (1)
-- Apr 13, 1906
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, Dillingham, Foraker, Dolliver, Dubois, Frazier, Knox, and Pettus, with attorney Worthington, who summarizes the respondent's case. The committee adjourns at 12:05 p.m. (1)
[U.S. Religious History] The Azusa Street Revival, the mission which formed the nexus of the American Pentecostal movement, officially began when the church services led by black evangelist William J. Seymour moved into a building on Azusa Street in Los Angeles, California. (2)
-- Jun 11, 1906
[Smoot Hearings] Senator Burrows submits the final majority committee report to the U.S. Senate; dissenting members submit a minority report. (1)
Footnotes:
1 - Paulos, Michael Harold (editor), The Mormon Church on Trial: Transcripts of the Reed Smoot Hearings
2 - Cline, Austin, History of American Religion: Timeline, http://bit.ly/Fwgbe
3 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
4 - 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)
Mormon History Timeline /Chronology
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
