Ep 162 – Walker v. Hoge; Political Chess

On this episode, we discuss the controversial election of 1843. Jo had promised his vote, and by implication the Mormon voting bloc, to the Whig candidate and well-respected lawyer, Cyrus Walker. However, the Democrats held control of the state militia that represented a constant threat to the safety of Joseph Smith and the Mormons. Governor Thomas Ford pulled a dirty trick to get the Mormons to vote for the Democrat candidate, Joseph Hoge; a grand scheme was carried out to flip-flop the Mormon vote. When Hyrum Sidekick-Abiff Smith received a prophecy, the Lord had spoken, let all the world be silent. Back scratching and political favors negotiated behind closed doors rule the day.

The Prophet and the Presidency https://www.jstor.org/stable/40193327?seq=14#metadata_info_tab_contents

Josiah Butterfield https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/josiah-butterfield

Cyrus Walker https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/cyrus-walker

August 6, 1843 public speech https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-6-august-1843-as-reported-by-willard-richards/3#full-transcript

To Save the District for the Whigs https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt4cgn0s.8?seq=6#metadata_info_tab_contents

Warsaw Signal 2/14/44 http://warsaw.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?t=30053&i=t&m=between&fn=warsaw_signal_usa_illinois_warsaw_18440214_english_2&df=221&dt=230

Warsaw Signal 2/21/44 https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-from-editor-circa-21-february-1844/1#full-transcript

History of Hancock County by Thomas Gregg https://archive.org/details/historyofhancock00greg/page/296

History of Illinois by Thomas Ford https://archive.org/details/ahistoryillinoi00shiegoog/page/n318

Quincy Whig 1843 http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/IL/whig1843.htm#0809

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