The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle

by Kathleen Flake

Book Overview

Between 1901 and 1907, a broad coalition of Protestant churches sought to expel newly elected Reed Smoot from the Senate, arguing that as an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Smoot was a lawbreaker and therefore unfit to be a lawmaker. The resulting Senate investigative hearing featured testimony on every peculiarity of Mormonism, especially its polygamous family structure. The Smoot hearing ultimately mediated a compromise...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807855014
• ISBN13: 9780807855010
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"