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==Nauvoo==

==Nauvoo==

John served as a Nauvoo, [[Illinois]] city councilman, a chaplain, a colonel, and a judge advocate for the Nauvoo Legion. Also, he was responsible for publishing two newspapers; Times and Seasons, Nauvoo Neighbor until 1846. John would be thrown in [[Carthage Jail]] with prophets Joseph and Hyrum Smith. The mob martyred the Smith brothers and John himself was shot. Legend says that John survived the ordeal because a bullet meant to kill him was stopped by his pocket watch. John wrote ''Doctrine and Covenants 135'' as a tribute to Joseph and Hyrum. In 1847, he was forced out of Nauvoo and with the help of Parley P. Pratt, John Taylor led 1,500 Saints to Salt Lake Valley, Utah territory. There, Taylor was appointed an associate judge in the provisional State of Desert and served in the Utah territorial legislature. Taylor was elected Speaker of the House for five consecutive session.

John served as a Nauvoo, [[Illinois]] city councilman, a chaplain, a colonel, and a judge advocate for the Nauvoo Legion. Also, he was responsible for publishing two newspapers; Times and Seasons, Nauvoo Neighbor until 1846. John would be thrown in [[Carthage Jail]] with prophets Joseph and Hyrum Smith. The mob murdered the Smith brothers and John himself was shot. Legend says that John survived the ordeal because a bullet meant to kill him was stopped by his pocket watch. John wrote ''Doctrine and Covenants 135'' as a tribute to Joseph and Hyrum. In 1847, he was forced out of Nauvoo and with the help of Parley P. Pratt, John Taylor led 1,500 Saints to Salt Lake Valley, Utah territory. There, Taylor was appointed an associate judge in the provisional State of Desert and served in the Utah territorial legislature. Taylor was elected Speaker of the House for five consecutive session.

==Edmunds-Tucker Act==

==Edmunds-Tucker Act==