Members of the Church of Jesus Christ…

March 1849 CE

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormon pioneers), having settled in the Salt Lake Valley near the Great Salt Lake in 1847 (then part of Mexico), wished to set up a government that would be recognized by the United States.

Initially Brigham Young, President of the Church, intended to apply for status as a territory, and had sent John Milton Bernhisel eastward to Washington, D.C., with the petition for territorial status. 

In March 1849, realizing that they did not have time to follow the usual steps towards statehood, Young and a group of church elders quickly draft a state constitution based on that of Iowa, where the Mormons had temporarily settled, and send the legislative records and constitution back to that state for printing, since no printing press exists in the Great Basin at this time.

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Salt Lake City Salt Lake Utah United States View →

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Brigham Young View →

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“Manifest Destiny” and American Expansion; 1840-1851 View →

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