This practice was officially abandoned in an 1890 Manifesto by Wilford Woodruff, who saw it as the final impediment to gaining statehood for Utah.
The criminalization of this practice was upheld in Reynolds v. U.S. and reaffirmed by the Edmunds-Tucker Act. The law outlawing it was proposed by Justin Morrill. This practice was officially abandoned in an 1890 Manifesto by Wilford Woodruff, who saw it as the final impediment to gaining statehood for Utah. For 10 points, name this practice of taking multiple spouses, practiced by many nineteenth-century Mormons.
The criminalization of this practice was upheld in Reynolds v. U.S. and reaffirmed by the Edmunds-Tucker Act.
{polygamy} [or {polygyny}; or {plural marriage}; prompt on {bigamy}]