RNS MORMONS GOP

LDS Church President Brigham Young encouraged Mormons to vote for Democrats, in part because the Republicans were vehemently anti-polygamy. RNS photo courtesy LDS Church.

(RNS1-FEB29) LDS Church President Brigham Young had a beard but wouldn’t be allowed to wear it under the church’s current male grooming policies. RNS file photo courtesy LDS Church.

RNS MORMONS GOP

Rep. Justin Smith Morrill was a Whig Party-member-turned-Republican from Vermont.