Wikipedia's article on the Edmunds-Tucker Act, community-edited. Reliable for the act becoming law on 3 March 1887, its disincorporation of the LDS Church and its Perpetual Emigration Fund Company, its authorization of federal seizure of church property above $50,000 (upheld by the Supreme Court in 1890), its disenfranchisement of Utah women (enfranchised since 1870), its anti-polygamy criminal penalties, and its role forcing the church toward the 1890 Manifesto.
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PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmunds%E2%80%93Tucker_Act
Source Typereference
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Reliability Tier3
Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used for the act's 1887 date and provisions, stated plainly in the article's own text. NotesUsed for the 1887 federal disincorporation and property seizure that forced the 1890 Manifesto.
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