I might add that it was the 28th
Congress that was in office when Joseph Smith made this prophecy. Of the 296
that served during this Congress, 177 were Democrats and 111 were Whigs. The
28th Congress ended on March 3, 1845. 86 Democrats lost their seat in
government and 59 Whigs, plus 6 others, for a total of 151 Congressmen that did
not return to government for the 29th Congress. At the end of the 29th
Congress, 50 Democrats, 27 Whigs, and 2 others that were in office during the
28th and 29th Congress lost their seats in Congress. Thus, at the beginning of
the 30th Congress in March of 1847, 230 of the original 296 were no longer in
power. This amounts to 78 percent of Congress. By 1849, 88 percent of the 28th
Congress were no longer in office and by 1851, just 8 years after Joseph’s
prophecy, 94 percent were gone. (James A. Carver, "The
Mormon Faith Un-Decker-Ated A Reply to Ed Decker’s 'To Moroni With Love'”)
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