Council of Fifty
A Nauvoo-era body organized by Joseph Smith to address political and kingdom affairs.
12 documents · 3 libraries · 1992–2025
Emphasis over time
Peak: 3 documents in 2016
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- BYU Studies6 documents
- Interpreter5 documents
- Religious Educator1 document
Latest
BYU Studies
The Genesis of the Joseph Smith Papers Project (opens in a new tab)
Richard Lyman Bushman , Ronald K. Esplin , Dean C. Jessee , Richard E. Turley Jr. , and Matthew C. Godfrey · 2025
Interpreter
A Prophet, a Candidate, and a Just Cause (opens in a new tab)
Derek R. Sainsbury · 2023
BYU Studies
The Danite Constitution and Theories of Democratic Justice in Frontier America (opens in a new tab)
Benjamin E. Park · 2021
Interpreter
A Uni-Dimensional Picture of a Multi-Faceted Nauvoo Community (opens in a new tab)
Richard E. Bennett · 2020
Religious Educator
Derek R. Sainsbury · 2020
Interpreter
Sensationalism: A One-sided Perspective (opens in a new tab)
Susan Easton Black · 2020
BYU Studies
Minutes of the Afternoon Meeting of the Council of Fifty, April 11, 1844 (opens in a new tab)
Matthew J. Grow , Ronald K. Esplin , Mark Ashurst-McGee , Gerrit J. Dirkmaat , and Jeffrey D. Mahas · 2016
Earliest
BYU Studies
Benjamin Franklin Johnson in Nauvoo (opens in a new tab)
E. Dale LeBaron · 1992
Most frequent voices
- Derek R. Sainsbury2 documents
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