February 6, 1843

Nauvoo, Illinois
After spending the forenoon at the city election held at his brother Hyrum's office, Joseph Smith was re-elected mayor of Nauvoo.
Sources: 
History of the Church,  Joseph Smith, 5:264
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters,  Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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