as expected , the mormon-supported candidates swept hancock county , as follows : j.b. backenstos : state representative almon babbit : state representative minor deming : county sheriff daniel h. wells : county coroner joseph hoge : u.s. representative nauvoo , thursday , august 8 at a special meeting of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints held in nauvoo , at ten a.m. , by the request of president william marks ( who was then presiding over that stake of zion ) to choose a guardian , or president and trustee , sidney rigdon took his position in a wagon , about two rods in front of the stand , and harangued the saints for quite some time upon choosing a guardian for the church .