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Joseph Smith Leader of the LDS faith claimss to have recieved revelation in favor of polygamy. This will latter be a major stumbling block to Statehood
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The Mormons leave for the Salt Lake Valley. This is done under duress of mobs. The formation of a new State is not even a thought right now.
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On this date the Mormons enter the Salt lake valley
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The United States are given territory after the Mexican war.
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Utah applies for Statehood for the firs time. We all know the proposal is turned down. The pairing down of Utah begins.
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Congress draws up the Territory of Utah
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Utah Mormon leaders publicly declare that Polygamy is of god.
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By orders of President Buchanon an army marched into Salt Lake City to take over. It was found deserted.
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The Morrill Anti-bigamy Act in the Senate passed It prohibited polygamy in the territories and disincorporated the Mormon church. It was never effectively enforced. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigamy
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People with non-Mormons mainstreem beliefs organized the Liberal party. Until the formation of national parties in the territory the Liberal party and the People's party of the Mormons would frame political debate in Utah along religious lines.
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On April 2 the constitution was presented to Congress and referred to a committee that reported it adversely. Meanwhile, on March 18 the election provided for in the constitution was held. It was ratified by 25,160 votes in favor and 365 against--all for naught. It would be ten years before Utah made another serious drive for statehood.
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The Poland Act passed both houses of Congress. It became the legal basis for prosecuting Mormon polygamists throughout the ensuing decade. The act gave district courts, controlled by federal appointees, jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases and limited the probate courts, controlled by Mormons, to cases involving estates, guardianships, or divorce.
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The U.S. Senate passed the Edmunds Act, and it was approved in the House on March 14. It made the offense of unlawful cohabitation much easier to prove than the polygamy misdemeanor and made it illegal for polygamists or cohabitants to vote, hold public office, or serve on juries.
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A stathood Attemp was made and rejected
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Wilford Woodruff then President of the LDS Church ends polygamy. This has been a huge sticking point in gaining Statehood.
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The Enabling Act Gave Utah a clear path of how to become a State. This included abolishing polygamy for ever.
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The state constituton was signed. This making and signing of a constitution was required by the Enabling Act.
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Utah is declared a State by the Federal Government.
