Edmunds–Tucker Act

The Edmunds–Tucker Act of 1887 was an Act of Congress that focused on restricting some practices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). An amendment to the earlier Edmunds Act, it was passed in response to the dispute between the United States Congress and the LDS Church regarding polygamy. The act is found in US Code Title 48 & 1461, full text as 24 Stat. 635, with this annotation to be interpreted as Volume 24, page 635 of United States Statutes at Large. The act is named after its congressional sponsors, Senator George F. Edmunds of Vermont and Congressman John Randolph Tucker of Virginia.

Edmunds–Tucker Act
Other short titlesAnti-Plural Marriage Act of 1887
Long titleAn Act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend section fifty-three hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in reference to bigamy, and for other purposes," approved March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
NicknamesAnti-Polygamy Act of 1887
Enacted bythe 49th United States Congress
EffectiveMarch 3, 1887 - 1978
Citations
Public law49-397
Statutes at Large24 Stat. 635
Codification
Titles amended48 U.S.C.: Territories and Insular Possessions
U.S.C. sections created48 U.S.C. ch. 10 § 1461
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the Senate as S. 10 by George F. Edmunds (R–VT) on December 8, 1885
  • Committee consideration by Senate Judiciary, House Judiciary
  • Passed the Senate on January 8, 1886 (38-7)
  • Passed the House on January 17, 1887 (Passed)
  • Reported by the joint conference committee on February 16, 1887; agreed to by the House on February 17, 1887 (203-40) and by the Senate on February 18, 1887 (37-13)
  • Left unsigned by President Grover Cleveland and became law on March 3, 1887
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Antipolygamy laws
Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act • Poland Act • Edmunds Act • Edmunds–Tucker Act
Case law
Reynolds v. US • Cannon v. US • Clawson v. US • Davis v. Beason • Late Corp. of the LDS Church v. US • Cleveland v. US • Brown v. Buhman • List of polygamy court cases
Related articles
Celestial marriage • Freedom of religion in the US • Legal status of polygamy • List of practitioners  • Polygamy czar • Polygamy in Christianity • Polygamy in North America • Timeline of civil marriage in the United States
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The act was repealed in 1978.

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