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In 1839, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith, went to president Martin Van Buren to ask him to help Mormons in Missouri when the governor of the state, Lilburn Boggs, had issued an extermination order. Reportedly, Van Buren said, "Your cause is just, but I can do nothing for you; if I take up for you, I shall lose the vote of Missouri."

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