[DOC] [TLE] Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints) - Wikipedia [PAR] In addition, he was with Smith at all the important events of the early church. Like 
Hyrum later, Joseph Smith had ordained Cowdery as the Assistant President of... [DOC] [TLE] William Smith (Latter Day Saints) - Wikipedia [PAR] William Smith (March 13, 1811  November 13, 1893) was a leader in the Latter 
Day Saint movement and one of the original members of the Quorum of the 
Twelve Apostles. Smith was the eighth child of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack 
Smith and ... He excommunicated Young and the leadership of the LDS Church 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Joseph Smith III's 1844 Blessing And The Mormons of Utah - JStor [PAR] 1 The Mormon Church follows a line of succession from Joseph .... Even though 
Joseph had ordained four other men before 1844 to succeed him and had .... 
leaders of the Reorganization what he knew they wanted to hear, as indicated by
... [DOC] [TLE] Church History In The Fulness Of Times Student Manual Chapter ... [PAR] With the death of the Prophet Joseph Smith, the First Presidency of the Church ... 
Mourning their slain leader, the Saints wondered who would now lead the 
Church. ... in 1844, reappeared in the city on 3 August and asserted that he 
should be .... and many passengers taunted him, asking what the Mormons 
would do now. [DOC] [TLE] Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Study Guide for Home ... [PAR] How to Share the Gospel  Mormon.org  Referrals for Missionaries  Missionary 
Broadcasts ... After the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith on June 27, 1844, 
many ... Sidney Rigdon tells a group of Saints that he should be the guardian of 
the .... and that no man could succeed Joseph Smith as President of the Church. [DOC] [TLE] Succession in the Presidency - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter ... [PAR] Through the Prophet Joseph Smith (180544), God declared that He will give 
unto ... he would have succeeded as President of the Church by virtue of this 
divine calling ... This meant that the three witnesses to the Book of Mormon, 
under the ... 1844, he solemnly told the Twelve that he could now leave them 
because his... [DOC] [TLE] The Prophet's Final Charge to the Twelve, 1844 | Religious Studies ... [PAR] The Book of Mormon, published in March 1830, outlined the fulness of the ... 
Joseph Smith probably felt he could not support the major political ... Beginning 
in early March 1844, Joseph Smith organized the kingdom of God, with a 
leadership was ..... the second elder of the Church, could have succeeded 
Joseph Smith. [DOC] [TLE] Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS ... [PAR] From 1834 to 1844, Smith had indicated as many as eight possible modes of 
prophetic succession. ... of his son Joseph III (1832-1914) to succeed him as 
prophet-president. He had not, however, chosen anyone to lead pro tempore 
until his son ... Other issues, however, also placed Utah Mormonism and the 
RLDS church... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter VII. Brigham Young Succeeds Joseph. 1844-1845. [PAR] Upon the death of Joseph Smith, one of the questions claiming immediate 
attention was, Who ... The first consideration now was to keep the church from 
falling in pieces. ... for the first time, he saw the book of Mormon at the house of 
his brother Phineas, who had been a .... Thus Brigham Young succeeded Joseph 
Smith. [DOC] [TLE] Poisoning of Samuel H. Smith - Joseph Smith's Brother | Recovery ... [PAR] --The Strange Death of Samuel H. Smith, Brother of Joseph Smith and Heir 
Apparent ... 30 July 1844, at the age of 36, barely a month after Joseph and 
Hyrum Smith were shot ... of LDS Church leaders conspiring to succeed Joseph 
Smith, members of the Smith ... He died within one month after the martyrdom of 
his brother. [DOC] [TLE] The LDS Church in Brief || Main Street Church of Brigham City ... [PAR] The golden plates, he claimed, had writing on them, which he translated by ... 
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Question: In 1844 he succeeded Joseph Smith as leader of the Mormon Church
Answer: Brigham Young