Brigham Young
Explanation:
After Smith's death, the Mormon congregation entered into a period of discussion for the succession of the office of President of the Church and its attributes. One group claimed that the succession should fall on Smith's son; another group postulated the one based on what the Council of the Twelve proposed.
Brigham Young introduced himself as Smith's successor and was accepted by a group of the faithful, while others advocated a temporary succession until Joseph Smith III, then 12 years of age, reached adulthood. who would get the charge. The followers of Young declared that Young had been chosen by revelation and divine inspiration, and not because he had wanted, the latter thesis that ended up being imposed.
However, this dispute provoked a schism within the Mormon church, with the two branches that currently exist: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as "Mormons", and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Saints. of the Last Days, current Community of Christ.
The group that accepted Young as leader was strongly led by him. Young, knowing that the episode of Smith's murder could be repeated, moved his followers to the American West, where the process of colonization had not yet been completed. They settled in the present state of Utah in 1847, where Young was invested as the second Prophet and President of this group. The Mormons today call the route that followed with Young "the Mormon Way" (usually called the route to California); a route that went from Missouri to California passing through the territory called Utah (by its natives, the Ute or Yuta people), where they still constitute the majority of the population. The first settlement of the followers of Young was located in the area of the Great Salt Lake, where, under difficult conditions, they founded Salt Lake City, the current capital of the state of Utah.
