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About Lilburn Boggs
Lilburn Williams Boggs was the sixth governor of Missouri, from 1836 to 1840. He is now most widely remembered for his interactions with Joseph Smith and Porter Rockwell, and Missouri Executive Order 44, known as the "Extermination Order", issued in response to the ongoing conflict between Mormons and other settlers of Missouri. Boggs was also a key player in the Honey War of 1837.
Everything about Lilburn Boggs →- Occupation
- politician, banker, governor
- Position held
- member of the California State Assembly, Governor of Missouri, member of the State Senate of Missouri
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 14, 1796
- Died
- March 14, 1860