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Theodore Roosevelt鈥檚 Defense of the Saints
Episode 64:
Theodore Roosevelt鈥檚 Defense of the Saints
Carter Charles
September 2022
In 1903, Latter-day Saint Apostle Reed Smoot was elected by Utah to become a United States senator. However, many in the country and Senate did not want to seat Elder Smoot due to his leadership position in the Church and because of the Church鈥檚 practice of polygamy. In this episode, Dr. Carter Charles recounts this history and President Theodore Roosevelt鈥檚 defense of Reed Smoot and the Latter-day Saints.
Publications:
鈥Theodore Roosevelt鈥檚 Defense of the Latter-day Saints鈥 in Latter-day Saints in Washington, DC: History, People, and Places (魅影直播/Deseret Book, 2021)
Click to learn more about professor Carter Charles
