Edmunds–Tucker Act
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The Edmunds–Tucker Act of 1887 was an Act of Congress that focused on restricting some practices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). An amendment to the earlier Edmunds Act, it was passed in response to the dispute between the United States Congress and the LDS Church regarding polygamy. The act is found in US Code Title 48 & 1461, full text as 24 Stat. 635, with this annotation to be interpreted as Volume 24, page 635 of United States Statutes at Large. The act is named after its congressional sponsors, Senator George F. Edmunds of Vermont and Congressman John Randolph Tucker of Virginia.
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Other short titles | Anti-Plural Marriage Act of 1887 |
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Long title | An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend section fifty-three hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in reference to bigamy, and for other purposes," approved March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. |
Nicknames | Anti-Polygamy Act of 1887 |
Enacted by | the 49th United States Congress |
Effective | March 3, 1887 - 1978 |
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Public law | 49-397 |
Statutes at Large | 24 Stat. 635 |
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Titles amended | 48 U.S.C.: Territories and Insular Possessions |
U.S.C. sections created | 48 U.S.C. ch. 10 § 1461 |
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