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It was Joseph Smith – founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It also goes by another name – the Mormon Church.
You see, Jackson Country, MI, didn’t want Mormons living on their lands and tried to kick them out. Atchison stepped in to defend them, which stirred up a mountain of supporters that helped him get a seat in the House of Representatives in 1834.
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