165 years ago today - Mar 12, 1849

[Brigham Young] Elected governor of provisional State of Deseret 12 March 1849.

[Source: Cook, Lyndon W., The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants, Seventy's Mission Bookstore, Provo UT, 1985, http://amzn.to/RevelationsofJosephSmith]

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  1. Here is more (per Woodland Institute LDS church history database:

    March 12, 1849—The officers of the first provisional government of the state of Deseret are elected as follows: Brigham Young (governor), Willard Richards (secretary of state), Newel K. Whitney (treasurer), Heber C. Kimball (chief justice), John Taylor and Newel K. Whitney (associate justices), Daniel H. Wells (attorney general), Horace S. Eldredge (marshal), Albert Carrington (assessor and collector of taxes), and Joseph L. Heywood (surveyor of highways).

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  2. http://www.woodlandinstitute.com/onthisday.php

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