page_title: Mormonism in the 20th century
section_title: 1904
hierarchical_section_title: Mormonism in the 20th century / 1900s / 1904
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture showing Joseph F. Smith being cross-examined by Senator George Frisbie Hoar. Caption: "Shall Reed Smoot, a Mormon, hold a seat in the United States Senate? President Smith, of the Mormon Church, as the Senate Committee's hearing in the case of Reed Smoot, boldly confessing the practice of polygamy by himself and associates." Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1904 March 17), p. 245.
context_page_description: This is a timeline of major events in Mormonism in the 20th century.
context_section_description: January – Reed Smoot submits carefully prepared rebuttals to allegations against him and his church.
  March – The Reed Smoot Hearings begin, evaluating whether Reed Smoot should be allowed to be a senator.
  April 6 – Joseph F. Smith issues the "Second Manifesto", which reinforces the 1890 Manifesto and prescribes excommunication for those who continued to practice plural marriage.
  April 14 - The LDS Church purchases 25 acres in Independence, Missouri, originally part of the 63-acre Temple Lot from 1831. Church leaders intended this to be the site for a temple in Zion, fulfilling a prophecy of Joseph Smith.
caption: LDS Church president Joseph F. Smith testified before congress at the Reed Smoot Hearings.
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