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hich are the enemies of the social and political institutions cherished by mississippi democrats attacked without pity moved to bar him from his senate seat even as he was having to summon strength and courage to fight the deadly cancer which had appeared in his mouth and throat his answer was a challenge the northwest enterprise seattle aug 27 1947 had a different take the 70 years of his lifetime have been 70 years of obvious shameful degeneracy for the south it is fitting that death should remove him like an obscene and putrid blot from the face of the south at the very time it appears to be trying to shake itself free of degenerating influences and rise to the level of the rest of the nation no man could tell the lies could wallow in the profanity could intoxicate and excite himself with the obscenities theodore bilbo directed against the negro race unless he were a degenerate we submit that theodore bilbo s hatred of negroes was linked with the rest of his vulgar nature his red galluses and red neckties his gaudy diamond studded stickpins to form a personality repulsive to decency unhealthy unclean and paranoic it should be to the everlasting shame of the nation that it tolerated an unmanageable obscene mad man in one of the highest offices of the land the last word on bilbo would fall to a state house clerk in jackson mystery solved the top administrator in the mississippi house says he unilaterally made the decision to take a statue of a racist former gov theodore bilbo off public display and put it into storage house clerk andrew ketchings spoke to reporters wednesday answering a question that has been all the buzz at the state capitol where s bilbo he said a work crew moved the bilbo statue on a saturday in october at a cost of about 4 000 to 5 000 paid by public money it is now covered by a fire resistant blanket in a large closet behind one of the capitol elevators emily wagster pettus ap feb 9 2022 all photos from the library of congress public domain collection posted in history tagged congress history mississippi racism theodore bilbo white supremacy 4 comments the congressional hall of shame b h roberts posted on june 14 2026 by ken dowell brigham henry roberts usually known as b h roberts was elected to the house of representatives from the state of utah in 1899 roberts was the president of the first council of the seventy of the church of latter day saints a position he would hold for forty years over the course of his career he wrote two biographies a novel and numerous works about mormonism he served as a chaplain in the military but he had one problem or maybe you could call it three problems sarah smith roberts celia dibble roberts and margaret curtis shipp roberts he would never be allowed to take his congressional seat reaction to the news of roberts election was quickly forthcoming a pamphlet produced by an organization called the league for social service and published in the scranton tribune nov 1 1899 under the headline roberts must walk the plank explained why 1 the said b h roberts is an avowed polygamist having at least three wives 2 the said b h roberts has married all his polygamous wives since the edmunds anti polygamy law of 1882 or since the congressional anti polygamy law of 1862 and hence his marriages have all been consummated in open and willful defiance of law as well as in willful defiance of the sense of morality of the american people 3 the said b h roberts was convicted of living with plural wives prior to the amnesty proclamation of president benjamin harrison january 4th 1893 and of president grover cleveland september 25th 1894 for which offense he served a term of imprisonment to which he was sentenced on may 1st 1889 4 part of the penalty for living with plural wives as prescribed by the edmunds law of 1882 see 8th section of said law and reaffirmed by the edmunds tucker law of 1887 is disqualification to vote or to hold office as an american citizen 5 the said b h roberts has confessedly lived with plural wives and has begotten polygamous children since november 1st 1890 the pamphlet goes on the list another 17 reasons to keep roberts out of the house before concluding upon such grave issue as is herein involved every true american citizen will expect the house of representatives to stand uncompromisingly for honesty for morality for the christian home and for our free institutions by seeing to it that b h roberts is not permitted to have a voice in our national legislation for a single day or even for an hour roberts married his first wife sarah smith in 1878 his second wife celia dibble came along in 1884 he had seven children with smith eight with dibble at times he moved families to colorado to avoid co habitation charges he was in 1889 charged with unlawful co habitation and was sent to prison where he served five months after he got out in 1890 he took on his third wife margaret curtis shipp the american baptist home mission society added their two cents with this resolution san francisco examiner june 1 1899 other men in public life may be wicked but they are not flaunting their sin in the face of the american people and glorying in their shame as the highest social ideal we call upon all good people everywhere to insist that their representatives in congress use all honorable means to unseat mr roberts for his retention in legislative halls while practicing that for which a few years ago he was incarcerated in the penitentiary will be regarded by the mormon people as the very seal of heaven upon their system of marriage which like a monster octopus is reaching out everywhere with its blighting touch of death and has already filled every valley in utah with uncounted floods of tears with broken hearts innumerable and with forgotten graves the michigan congressional delegation needed no further convincing lansing state journal jan 28 1899 whereas a pure and righteous family is of the supremest importance to the welfare of the nation and whereas one of the darkest blots upon the history of our country has been the existence of polygamy within our territory which the good citizenship of the nation has attempted for many years to stamp out by religious and educational effort and by statutes of the national legislature especially those known as the edmunds law of 1882 and the edmunds tucker law of 1887 and by the operation of the courts and whereas b h roberts who has been elected to the house of representatives of the united states from the state of utah is a confessed polygamist and has stated may 1898 polygamy is not adultery it must be not only not bad but positively good pure and holy and whereas the admission of b h roberts to a seat in the united states house of representatives would be an encouragement to the polygamists whose evil practices the nation has been long striving to suppress and whereas the united states house of representatives is the judge of the qualifications of its own members according to section 5 of article 1 of the constitution of the united states therefore it is hereby resolved by the house the senate concurring that we express to the representatives in congress from the various congressional districts of michigan that in our judgment for b h roberts to be permitted to take his seat as a member of the congress of the united states would be in conflict with all those standards of high civilization for which our nation stands an offense to the good citizenship of the nation and contrary to sound public policy and we recommend to the representatives in congress from the state of michigan that for these reasons they vote against the seating of b h roberts as a member of the national house of representatives the house did what the house does they set up a special committee on the case of brigham h roberts and held a hearing several witnesses were called to the stand one example is t t brandon a resident of centerville utah who had been postmaster and probate judge asked by committee member morris as to the marital repute of roberts and celia and louisa roberts there is such a general repute the witness replied it is that celia dibble roberts is recognized by the entire community as b h roberts second wife she is dealt with by the mormon church as his second wife how about louisa roberts she is recognized as his first wife brandon said that the third reputed wife marguerite shipp roberts had come there once to attend the funeral already referred to the records of these marriages the witness said were in the temple which was the only depository of plural marriages san francisco call dec 20 1989 after hearing much similar testimony the committee issued its findings their report is available online at the library of congress upon the facts stated the majority of the committee assert that the claimant ought not to be permitted to take a seat in the house of representatives and that the seat to which he was elected ought to be declared vacant i by reason of his violation of the edmund s law ii by reason of his notorious and defiant violation of the law of the land of the decisions of the supreme court and of the proclamations of the presidents holding himself above the law and not amenable to it no government could possibly exist in the face of such practices he is in open war against the laws and institutions of the country whose congress he seeks to enter such an idea is intolerable it is upon the principle asserted in this ground that all cases of exclusion have them based iii his election as representative is an explicit and offensive violation of the understanding by which utah was admitted as a state roberts was out before he ever got in roberts had his supporters back home the ogden utah morning examiner aug 25 1906 would comment the hon b h roberts should have been allowed to retain his seat in congress for he represented the choice of a sovereign state roberts obit in the salt lake city deseret news sept 28 1933 offered this assessment the stalwart princely figure of president roberts will be missed by his associates and by the people of the church generally among whom he had mingled during his long and active years in the ministry an acknowledged veteran of many religious battles and debates in his former years he has been recognized as one of the outstanding defenders of mormonism through his efforts the teachings of joseph smith have found the hearts of multitudes they honor and revere him as their friend and his passing will be a shock to them through his fearlessness and his staunch defense of the principles of the gospel president roberts has won many outsiders to friendship for the church the modern day reader would also take issue with roberts views on women s suffrage he was opposed and on race he was a segregationist but those issues were of little consequence to the 1900 congress the three wives on the other hand were a different story posted in history tagged b h roberts church of latter day saints history house of representatives mormons polygamy utah 2 comments the congressional hall of shame john bullock clark posted on june 7 2026 by ken dowell when george santos the shambolic republican congressman from long island was expelled from the u s house of representatives in 2023 he became only the sixth congressman to have suffered that fate the first in 1861 was missouri rep john bullock clark clark had been elected to congress in 1858 he was reelected in 1860 but before he could be seated he was expelled the reason treason clark a practicing attorney became an officer of the missouri state militia and rose to the rank of brigadier general when missouri seceded from the union and joined the confederacy clark led troops in battle against the country for which he had been elected as a congressman it takes a two thirds vote to expel a member from the house this seemed a pretty clear cut case the vote was 94 45 how is it that 45 members opted not to expel clark i can tell you why two of them did another missouri rep john w reid and a kentucky congressman henry c burnett had likewise fought for the confederacy and they would both be expelled from congress later that year upon being expelled the new york times said of clark that he would henceforth roost as low as any bird that ever hawked as saucily as he pete bowles newsday service oct 3 1980 in missouri clark was viewed as anything but a low roosting bird his obit in the kansas city times nov 10 1885 concluded thousands of reminiscences could be spoken of and told of the man of whom we write of his conduct and career as a soldier the strange and interesting lawsuits in which he has been engaged of his wonderful career as a politician of his tact of overcoming the want of education and of the wonderful hold he had upon the affections of the masses here where he lived we may say that he was held in high esteem and warm affection by all our people here he lived and labored and here his memory will ever be green the missouri historical review offered the following in its remisiscences of general john b clark w d vandiver state historical society of missouri january 1926 he is revered in memory as a kind and generous neighbor a great pleader at the bar a veteran of five wars a statesman of two governments and as yet one who lived to enjoy the peace of old age and the prosperity of a reunited country but here are some things that these local historians felt were unnecessary to bring to their readers attention one of those wars in which he participated was the so called missouri mormon war in 1838 clark received an executive order from governor liburn boggs to expel all mormons from the state according to the joseph smith papers john bullock clark biography he insisted saints leave missouri in conjunction with civil authorities oversaw prosecution of latter day saint prisoners at preliminary hearing nov 1838 the mormons ended up fleeing missouri in 1840 he unsuccessfully ran for governor of missouri and almost ended up in a duel m m marmaduke the democratic candidate easily defeated him but the contest produced a famous feud with clairborne fox jackson after an article in the boon s lick democrat claimed that clark as a whig had inserted his name on fake democratic ballots in a letter to the editor jackson charged clark with fraud clark wrote to jackson seeking redress believing jackson had sullied his integrity even his manhood jackson sent terms for a duel to be held within one mile of fayette kansas bogus legislature john bullock clark apparently the two couldn t agree on terms so the whole thing was called off clark owned 140 slaves why would a practicing attorney need 140 slaves nothing in my research could even begin to answer that question i m pretty sure these unfortunate men and women were not preparing and reviewing legal documents having been tossed from the u s house of representatives clark was appointed to the missouri confederate state 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