Jehovah's Witnesses in the United States

Jehovah's Witnesses originated as a branch of the Bible Student movement, which developed in the United States in the 1870s among followers of Christian restorationist minister Charles Taze Russell. The movement split into several rival organizations after Russell's death in 1916, with Joseph Franklin Rutherford retaining control of The Watch Tower and the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, this group became known as Jehovah's Witnesses. Members of the denomination experienced religious persecution throughout the 1930s and 1940s.

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