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Joseph Smith/Politics and government
Joseph Smith, politics and government
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Joseph Smith, politics and government
Joseph Smith's presidential run
Summary: Critics charge that Joseph Smith's decision to run for President of the United States in 1844 shows him to be either a megalomaniac bent on amassing ever more power, or a fanatic with delusions of grandeur.