June 22, 1844
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith was visited by John C. Calhoun Jr. and his brother Patrick, sons of John C. Calhoun, a senator from South Carolina whom Joseph had met in Washington, D.C., in February 1840 and who was now a candidate for United States president.
Sources:
"John C. Calhoun Jr., Meets the Prophet Joseph Smith'shortly before the Departure for Carthage," Brian Q. Cannon, BYU Studies 33:4
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