A 15 January 1842 resolution allowed council members two dollars per day for committee work in addition to their pay as council members. In accordance with JS’s wishes, they voted unanimously to repeal pay for committee work the same day JS gave his inaugural address. The election judges also resigned their claim to pay. (Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 15 Jan. 1842, 40; 11 Feb. 1843, 159–162.)

Although notices for the election stated that polls would close at six o’clock in the evening, an ordinance passed a month before the election stipulated that “the Judges of the Election may, if they shall deem it necessary, for the purpose of receiving the votes of all the electors wishing to vote; postpone the closing of the Polls, until twelve O Clock at night.” Willard Richards noted that the judges were George Harris, Daniel Spencer, and Benjamin Warrington. Warrington was present during the meeting. (Election Notice, 16 Jan. 1843, Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 14 Jan. 1843, 133; JS, Journal, 11 Feb. 1843; “City Election,” Wasp, 8 Feb. 1843, [2].)

Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845. CHL.

The Wasp. Nauvoo, IL. Apr. 1842–Apr. 1843.