diff --git a/go/node/utils/auth_query.go b/go/node/utils/auth_query.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66bc08ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/node/utils/auth_query.go
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	coretypes "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/rpc/core/types"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
+	codectypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec/types"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+)
+
+// QueryTxsByEvents performs a search for transactions for a given set of events
+// via the Tendermint RPC. An event takes the form of:
+// "{eventAttribute}.{attributeKey} = '{attributeValue}'". Each event is
+// concatenated with an 'AND' operand. It returns a slice of Info object
+// containing txs and metadata. An error is returned if the query fails.
+// If an empty string is provided it will order txs by asc
+func QueryTxsByEvents(ctx context.Context, cctx client.Context, events []string, page, limit int, orderBy string) (*sdk.SearchTxsResult, error) {
+	if len(events) == 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("must declare at least one event to search")
+	}
+
+	if page <= 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("page must be greater than 0")
+	}
+
+	if limit <= 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("limit must be greater than 0")
+	}
+
+	// XXX: implement ANY
+	query := strings.Join(events, " AND ")
+
+	node, err := cctx.GetNode()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// TODO: this may not always need to be proven
+	// https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/6807
+	resTxs, err := node.TxSearch(ctx, query, true, &page, &limit, orderBy)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	resBlocks, err := getBlocksForTxResults(ctx, cctx, resTxs.Txs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	txs, err := formatTxResults(cctx.TxConfig, resTxs.Txs, resBlocks)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	result := sdk.NewSearchTxsResult(uint64(resTxs.TotalCount), uint64(len(txs)), uint64(page), uint64(limit), txs)
+
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// QueryTx queries for a single transaction by a hash string in hex format. An
+// error is returned if the transaction does not exist or cannot be queried.
+func QueryTx(ctx context.Context, cctx client.Context, hashHexStr string) (*sdk.TxResponse, error) {
+	hash, err := hex.DecodeString(hashHexStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	node, err := cctx.GetNode()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// TODO: this may not always need to be proven
+	// https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/6807
+	resTx, err := node.Tx(ctx, hash, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	resBlocks, err := getBlocksForTxResults(ctx, cctx, []*coretypes.ResultTx{resTx})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	out, err := mkTxResult(cctx.TxConfig, resTx, resBlocks[resTx.Height])
+	if err != nil {
+		return out, err
+	}
+
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+// formatTxResults parses the indexed txs into a slice of TxResponse objects.
+func formatTxResults(txConfig client.TxConfig, resTxs []*coretypes.ResultTx, resBlocks map[int64]*coretypes.ResultBlock) ([]*sdk.TxResponse, error) {
+	var err error
+	out := make([]*sdk.TxResponse, len(resTxs))
+	for i := range resTxs {
+		out[i], err = mkTxResult(txConfig, resTxs[i], resBlocks[resTxs[i].Height])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+func getBlocksForTxResults(ctx context.Context, cctx client.Context, resTxs []*coretypes.ResultTx) (map[int64]*coretypes.ResultBlock, error) {
+	node, err := cctx.GetNode()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	resBlocks := make(map[int64]*coretypes.ResultBlock)
+
+	for _, resTx := range resTxs {
+		if _, ok := resBlocks[resTx.Height]; !ok {
+			resBlock, err := node.Block(ctx, &resTx.Height)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			resBlocks[resTx.Height] = resBlock
+		}
+	}
+
+	return resBlocks, nil
+}
+
+func mkTxResult(txConfig client.TxConfig, resTx *coretypes.ResultTx, resBlock *coretypes.ResultBlock) (*sdk.TxResponse, error) {
+	txb, err := txConfig.TxDecoder()(resTx.Tx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	p, ok := txb.(intoAny)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expecting a type implementing intoAny, got: %T", txb)
+	}
+	any := p.AsAny()
+	return sdk.NewResponseResultTx(resTx, any, resBlock.Block.Time.Format(time.RFC3339)), nil
+}
+
+// Deprecated: this interface is used only internally for scenario we are
+// deprecating (StdTxConfig support)
+type intoAny interface {
+	AsAny() *codectypes.Any
+}
diff --git a/go/node/utils/gov_query.go b/go/node/utils/gov_query.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5dc64a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/node/utils/gov_query.go
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/types"
+	v1 "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/types/v1"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/types/v1beta1"
+)
+
+const (
+	defaultPage  = 1
+	defaultLimit = 30
+)
+
+// Proposer contains metadata of a governance proposal used for querying a
+// proposer.
+type Proposer struct {
+	ProposalID uint64 `json:"proposal_id" yaml:"proposal_id"`
+	Proposer   string `json:"proposer" yaml:"proposer"`
+}
+
+// NewProposer returns a new Proposer given id and proposer
+func NewProposer(proposalID uint64, proposer string) Proposer {
+	return Proposer{proposalID, proposer}
+}
+
+// String implements the fmt.Stringer interface.
+func (p Proposer) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Proposal with ID %d was proposed by %s", p.ProposalID, p.Proposer)
+}
+
+// QueryVotesByTxQuery will query for votes via a direct txs tags query. It
+// will fetch and build votes directly from the returned txs and returns a JSON
+// marshalled result or any error that occurred.
+func QueryVotesByTxQuery(ctx context.Context, cctx client.Context, params v1.QueryProposalVotesParams) ([]byte, error) {
+	var (
+		votes      []*v1.Vote
+		nextTxPage = defaultPage
+		totalLimit = params.Limit * params.Page
+	)
+
+	// query interrupted either if we collected enough votes or tx indexer run out of relevant txs
+	for len(votes) < totalLimit {
+		// Search for both (legacy) votes and weighted votes.
+		q := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s='%d'", types.EventTypeProposalVote, types.AttributeKeyProposalID, params.ProposalID)
+		searchResult, err := QueryTxsByEvents(ctx, cctx, []string{q}, nextTxPage, defaultLimit, "")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		for _, info := range searchResult.Txs {
+			for _, msg := range info.GetTx().GetMsgs() {
+				if voteMsg, ok := msg.(*v1beta1.MsgVote); ok {
+					votes = append(votes, &v1.Vote{
+						Voter:      voteMsg.Voter,
+						ProposalId: params.ProposalID,
+						Options:    v1.NewNonSplitVoteOption(v1.VoteOption(voteMsg.Option)),
+					})
+				}
+
+				if voteMsg, ok := msg.(*v1.MsgVote); ok {
+					votes = append(votes, &v1.Vote{
+						Voter:      voteMsg.Voter,
+						ProposalId: params.ProposalID,
+						Options:    v1.NewNonSplitVoteOption(voteMsg.Option),
+					})
+				}
+
+				if voteWeightedMsg, ok := msg.(*v1beta1.MsgVoteWeighted); ok {
+					votes = append(votes, convertVote(voteWeightedMsg))
+				}
+
+				if voteWeightedMsg, ok := msg.(*v1.MsgVoteWeighted); ok {
+					votes = append(votes, &v1.Vote{
+						Voter:      voteWeightedMsg.Voter,
+						ProposalId: params.ProposalID,
+						Options:    voteWeightedMsg.Options,
+					})
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if len(searchResult.Txs) != defaultLimit {
+			break
+		}
+
+		nextTxPage++
+	}
+	start, end := client.Paginate(len(votes), params.Page, params.Limit, 100)
+	if start < 0 || end < 0 {
+		votes = []*v1.Vote{}
+	} else {
+		votes = votes[start:end]
+	}
+
+	bz, err := cctx.LegacyAmino.MarshalJSON(votes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return bz, nil
+}
+
+// QueryVoteByTxQuery will query for a single vote via a direct txs tags query.
+func QueryVoteByTxQuery(ctx context.Context, cctx client.Context, params v1.QueryVoteParams) ([]byte, error) {
+	q1 := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s='%d'", types.EventTypeProposalVote, types.AttributeKeyProposalID, params.ProposalID)
+	q2 := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s='%s'", sdk.EventTypeMessage, sdk.AttributeKeySender, params.Voter.String())
+	q3 := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s='%s'", sdk.EventTypeMessage, sdk.AttributeKeySender, params.Voter)
+	searchResult, err := QueryTxsByEvents(ctx, cctx, []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s AND (%s OR %s)", q1, q2, q3)}, 1, 30, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for _, info := range searchResult.Txs {
+		for _, msg := range info.GetTx().GetMsgs() {
+			// there should only be a single vote under the given conditions
+			var vote *v1.Vote
+			if voteMsg, ok := msg.(*v1beta1.MsgVote); ok {
+				vote = &v1.Vote{
+					Voter:      voteMsg.Voter,
+					ProposalId: params.ProposalID,
+					Options:    v1.NewNonSplitVoteOption(v1.VoteOption(voteMsg.Option)),
+				}
+			}
+
+			if voteMsg, ok := msg.(*v1.MsgVote); ok {
+				vote = &v1.Vote{
+					Voter:      voteMsg.Voter,
+					ProposalId: params.ProposalID,
+					Options:    v1.NewNonSplitVoteOption(voteMsg.Option),
+				}
+			}
+
+			if voteWeightedMsg, ok := msg.(*v1beta1.MsgVoteWeighted); ok {
+				vote = convertVote(voteWeightedMsg)
+			}
+
+			if voteWeightedMsg, ok := msg.(*v1.MsgVoteWeighted); ok {
+				vote = &v1.Vote{
+					Voter:      voteWeightedMsg.Voter,
+					ProposalId: params.ProposalID,
+					Options:    voteWeightedMsg.Options,
+				}
+			}
+
+			if vote != nil {
+				bz, err := cctx.Codec.MarshalJSON(vote)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+
+				return bz, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("address '%s' did not vote on proposalID %d", params.Voter, params.ProposalID)
+}
+
+// QueryProposerByTxQuery will query for a proposer of a governance proposal by ID.
+func QueryProposerByTxQuery(ctx context.Context, cctx client.Context, proposalID uint64) (Proposer, error) {
+	q := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s='%d'", types.EventTypeSubmitProposal, types.AttributeKeyProposalID, proposalID)
+	searchResult, err := QueryTxsByEvents(ctx, cctx, []string{q}, defaultPage, defaultLimit, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return Proposer{}, err
+	}
+
+	for _, info := range searchResult.Txs {
+		for _, msg := range info.GetTx().GetMsgs() {
+			// there should only be a single proposal under the given conditions
+			if subMsg, ok := msg.(*v1beta1.MsgSubmitProposal); ok {
+				return NewProposer(proposalID, subMsg.Proposer), nil
+			}
+			if subMsg, ok := msg.(*v1.MsgSubmitProposal); ok {
+				return NewProposer(proposalID, subMsg.Proposer), nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return Proposer{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to find the proposer for proposalID %d", proposalID)
+}
+
+
+// convertVote converts a MsgVoteWeighted into a *v1.Vote.
+func convertVote(v *v1beta1.MsgVoteWeighted) *v1.Vote {
+	opts := make([]*v1.WeightedVoteOption, len(v.Options))
+	for i, o := range v.Options {
+		opts[i] = &v1.WeightedVoteOption{
+			Option: v1.VoteOption(o.Option),
+			Weight: o.Weight.String(),
+		}
+	}
+	return &v1.Vote{
+		Voter:      v.Voter,
+		ProposalId: v.ProposalId,
+		Options:    opts,
+	}
+}