1890s (LDS)
| Centuries: 18th century – 19th century – 20th century | |
| Decades: 1860s 1870s 1880s – 1890s – 1900s 1910s 1920s | |
| Years: 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 | |
Table of contents |
Overview
Suffering under the Edmunds Act and the Edmunds-Tucker Act, the churh entered the 1890s. The Supreme Court rules against the church in May of 1890, and Wilford Woodruff bans polygamy shortly therafter. This is the decade that Utah achieves statehood, and the church begins to prosper in the absence of persecution.
1890
- May 19: The Supreme Court upholds the Edmunds-Tucker Act in The Late Corporation of the Mormon Church v. United States
- September 24: President Woodruff records the 1890 Manifesto.
- September 25: President Wilford Woodruff issues the 1890 Manifesto ending the official practice of polygamy.
- October 6: At a General Conference, President Lorenzo Snow submits the manifesto for a vote; it is approved unanimously.
1898
- September 2: Wilford Woodruff passes away. Lorenzo Snow assumes leadership of the church.
See also
- 1890s (worldwide)