Prologue : Joseph Smith ran for President? -- Seeking "power to protect the innocent" : aristarchic theodemocracy -- Our motto : General Joseph Smith for President! -- The cadre for the kingdom : who were the electioneers? -- "Heaven began on earth" : a campaign of earnest hope -- "Storming the nation" : the electioneers' experiences -- Shock, fury, and consolation : the assassination -- "Joseph's measures" : critical cadre contributions in the succession and exodus, 1844-1847 -- Deseret : the emerging aristarchy of the kingdom, 1848-1851 -- "Continuing till we have something like union" : the religious aristarchy of the kingdom, 1851-1869 -- "Unity is power" : the political, social, and economic aristarchy of the kingdom, 1851-1869 -- "What does it all mean?" : theodemocracy's twilight, 1869-1896 -- Epilogue : Abraham O. and Reed Smoot : the lost but lasting legacy of the electioneer cadre.
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