قالب:Latter Day Saint biography/Joseph Smith
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| name = جوسف سميث<br>Joseph Smith
| PD_image = Joseph Smith, Jr. portrait owned by Joseph Smith III.jpg
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| alt = Portrait of Joseph Smith, Jr.
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| birth_name = Joseph Smith, Jr.
| birth_date = {{birth date|1805|12|23}}
| birth_place = [[شارون، ڤرمونت|شارون]]، [[ڤرمونت]]، الولايات المتحدة
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1844|06|27|1805|12|23}}
| death_place = [[كارثدج، إلينوي|قرطاج]]، [[إلينوي]]، الولايات المتحدة
| resting_place = Smith Family Cemetery
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|40.54052|-91.39244|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Smith Family Cemetery}}
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| spouses = [[Emma Smith|Emma Hale]], [[List of Joseph Smith's wives|numerous others]]
| children = [[Julia Murdock Smith]], [[Joseph Smith III]], [[Children of Joseph Smith|others]].
| parents = [[Joseph Smith, Sr.]]<br>[[Lucy Mack Smith]]
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| signature = Joseph_Smith_Jr_Signature.svg
| signature_size = 100px
| signature_alt = Signature of Joseph Smith Jr.
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| position_or_quorum1 = {{nowrap|1st [[President of the Church|President]] of the [[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)|Church of Christ]] (later the}} {{nowrap|[[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]])<ref>Church of Christ was the official name on April 6, 1830: {{Citation |last=Shields |first=Steven |title=Divergent Paths of the Restoration |publication-place=Independence, Missouri |publisher=Restoration Research |year=1990 |edition=Fourth |isbn=0942284003}}. In 1834, the official name was changed to ''Church of the Latter Day Saints'' and then in 1838 to ''Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints'': "Minutes of a Conference", ''[[Evening and Morning Star]]'', [http://www.centerplace.org/history/ems/v2n20.htm vol. 2, no. 20], p. 160. The spelling "The Church of urch in Utah in 1851, after Joseph Smith's death, and is today specified in [[Doctrine and Covenants]] [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/115.4?lang=eng 115:4] (LDS Church edition).</ref>}}
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| successor1 = موضع خلاف؛ [[Brigham Young]], [[Sidney Rigdon]], [[Joseph Smith III]], and [[Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)|at least four others]] each claimed succession.
| start_date1 = {{start date|1830|04|06|mf=yes}}
| end_date1 = {{end date|1844|06|27|mf=yes}}
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| political_office1 = 2nd Mayor of [[Nauvoo, Illinois|Nauvoo]], [[Illinois]]
| term_start1 = {{start date|1842|05|19|mf=yes}}<ref name=Mayor>{{cite web|last=Garr|first=Arnold K.|title=Joseph Smith: Mayor of Nauvoo|url=http://mormonhistoricsites.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/MHS3.1Spring2002Garr.pdf|accessdate=22 July 2013|pages=5-6}}</ref>
| term_end1 = {{end date|1844|06|27|mf=yes}}
| office_predecessor1 = [[John C. Bennett]]
| office_successor1 = Chancy Robison<ref>{{cite book|last=Jenson|first=Andrew|title=The Historical Record: A Monthly Periodical|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|page=843|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=vPw8AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA843&ots=ZNT25w-Qw5&dq=list%20of%20mayors%20mayor%20of%20nauvoo&pg=PA843#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref>
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| allegiance = USA{{Citation needed|reason=It seems that this should be "City of Nauvoo"|date=May 2014}}
| branch = Illinois State Militia{{Citation needed|reason=As far as the Nauvoo Legion page is concerned, while it was a state authorized militia, the Nauvoo Legion was formed by the City of Navoo, and was not part of the "Illinois State Militia". Quote from Joseph Smith page:Life in Nauvoo, Illinois (1839–44). The Nauvoo Legion was "an autonomous militia whose actions were limited only by state and federal constitutions". Therefore shouldn't this be "City of Nauvoo"? |date=May 2014}}
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| rank = Lieutenant General<ref>http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Nauvoo_Legion</ref>
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| commands = [[Nauvoo Legion]]
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| list_notes = Founder of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]]. Also Mayor of [[Nauvoo, Illinois]] (1842–1844)
| poly_date = April 5, 1841<ref name="Nauvoo Roots">{{Citation |last=Smith |first=George D |title=Nauvoo Roots of Mormon Polygamy, 1841-46: A Preliminary Demographic Report |url= http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fdialogue&CISOPTR=15882&REC=3&CISOBOX=42 |accessdate=May 5, 2007 |journal=Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought |issue=1 |volume=27 |date= Spring 1994}}</ref>
| poly_wives = 33<ref>As believed by [[Todd Compton]], [http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/dialogue&CISOPTR=11460&REC=12 "A Trajectory of Plurality: An Overview of Joseph Smith's Thirty-three Plural Wives"], ''[[Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought]]'', vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 1–38.</ref>
| poly_notes = Though he is alleged to have married more than 30 wives before his death and to have taught the doctrine to his close associates, he denied the practice publicly, as did his wife [[Emma Smith]] and son [[Joseph Smith III]]. see [[Origin of Latter Day Saint polygamy]]. Joseph smith was also accused by several individuals and multiple police records confirm of sexual advances on young teenage women associated with community and church.
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