[Elsie]

Then in 1844, Smith decided to run for president of the United States.

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...the presidential campaign of Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith in 1844: “Challenging Democrat James Polk and Whig Henry Clay, Smith prophesied that if the U.S. Congress did not accede to his demands that ‘they shall be broken up as a government and God shall damn them.’

Smith viewed capturing the presidency as part of the mission of the church.

[daniel1212]

Smith viewed capturing the presidency as part of the mission of the church.

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