[DOC] [TLE] Reed Smoot hearings - Wikipedia [PAR] The Reed Smoot hearings were a series of Congressional hearings on whether 
the United States Senate should seat U.S. Senator Reed Smoot, ... The premise 
of the controversy surrounding Smoot's seating in the Senate was ... between the 
LDS Church and the United States, in reality, it became a cause celebre to help... [DOC] [TLE] Reed Smoot - Wikipedia [PAR] Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862  February 9, 1941) was a businessman and 
apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) when he 
was elected by the state legislature to the United States Senate in 1903; he 
served as a Republican senator until 1933. ... Smoot was a prominent leader of 
the LDS Church, chosen to serve as an... [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Senate: Reed Smoot [PAR] Utah's election of Reed Smoot, a prominent Mormon, to the United States Senate 
... The protesters charged that the Mormon leadership, including the Quorum of ... 
the Senate; and he was a member of a religion that united church and state. [DOC] [TLE] Church History In The Fulness Of Times Student Manual Chapter ... [PAR] When he returned to Utah, Elder Roberts was asked by some of the state 
Democratic ... to put a stop to the heresy in the Church caused by Walter Murray 
Gibson. ... of the United States Senate in 1930, Apostle Reed Smoot was, 
according to the ... protested to the president of the United States against the 
senator's election. [DOC] [TLE] teacher's guide - KBYU [PAR] He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 10 January 1862 to Abraham Owen and 
Anne Kristina ... Reed Smoot was elected to the United States Senate as 
Republican in 1902. ... Senator Smoot was an unsuccessful candidate for re-
election in 1932. He ... When Franklin D. Roosevelt took over as president in 
March 1933, the... [DOC] [TLE] The Mormon Church on Trial: Transcripts of the Reed Smoot Hearings [PAR] Reed Smoot, a Senator from the State of Utah, to Hold His Seat. ... He adds: 
Where I included testimony from other witnesses, their statements usually .... 
Witnesses included LDS Church President Joseph F. Smith, who stunned many 
in the .... who was elected to the U. S. Senatecaused an even greater media 
controversy. [DOC] [TLE] Signature Books  excerpt  The Mormon Church on Trial [PAR] Reed Smoot, a Senator from the State of Utah, to Hold His Seat.4 It is ... they 
tackled continue to figure in contemporary LDS Church debates and 
controversies. ... Apostle Smoot's election posed no serious problem because he 
was not a .... By late 1903, aware of the fight that was brewing, LDS leaders 
decided to seek... [DOC] [TLE] Journal of Mormon History Vol. 33, No. 2, 2007 - DigitalCommons ... [PAR] Jan 1, 2007 ... of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle (Chapel Hill: University of North ..... 
sailng for Smoot's election as Utah Senator in 1902. ..... episode of Heber J's at 
the State University is causing me ..... letter, Smoot was concerned because he 
did not know how to testify what ...... gaged in no public controversies. [DOC] [TLE] David Smith - University of Michigan [PAR] In 1890, the United States government ceased a harsh punitive campaign 
against. Utah Mormons after Church President Wilford Woodruff issued a 
Manifesto stating that ... The seating of Senator Reed Smoot was unexpectedly 
delayed for four years .... (which Joseph Smith denied) began to circulate, they 
caused concern... [DOC] [TLE] UNDER THE GUN AT THE SMOOT HEARINGS: JOSEPH F ... [PAR] SHORTLY AFTER APOSTLE REED SMOOT'S election to the U.S. Senate in ... 
He is the author of The Mormon Church on Trial: Tran- ... ence of this fascinating 
controversy, exploring its impact on modern ... for Smoot to run for reelection in 
1908, President Smith listened with ..... Representative from Ohio (18951902). 
He... [DOC] [TLE] Secretary To l'he Senator: Carl A. Badger And The Smoot Hearings [PAR] A POSTLE Reed Smoot was sworn into the United States Senate on 5 ... The 
controversy affected ...

Question: Reed Smoot's 1902 election to the Senate from this state caused controversy because he was a Mormon leader
Answer: Utah