How Many Members of Joseph Smith's Council of Fifty Practiced Plural Marriage?
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In March 1844, Joseph Smith organized a special council in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints known as the Council of Fifty. Much has been written about the nature and purpose of this organization, which I won't recapitulate here, as that is beyond the scope of my question.
My interest in this council is very specific. I simply want to know how many Council members (and who those members were) that practiced plural marriage. This includes whether they practiced it in Nauvoo or later. I'm *only* interested in the original members of this Council that were initiated by Joseph Smith during the Nauvoo period, not the ones who were added later after his death.
There are lists of the members of this council at:
- Wikipedia
- The Joseph Smith Papers
- PDF version with dates of membership in the Council
- *The Council of Fifty and Its Members, 1844 to 1945* by D. Michael Quinn
- *"It Seems Like Heaven Began on Earth": Joseph Smith and the Constitution of the Kingdom of God* by Andrew F. Ehat , extracted from William Clayton's Journal, April 18, 1844.
As far as I know, no one has yet compiled a list which correlates how many members (or what percentage of the members) of the Council of Fifty also practiced plural marriage, either in Nauvoo or later. I would like a list of how many Council members practiced it and what their names were. If anyone has a paper, book, article, etc., which makes this correlation, that would be helpful.
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Aug 6, 2021, 02:45 AM
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