Polygamy and Mormon Church Leaders
Ezra Taft Benson
February 22, 1811 – September 3, 1869
Ezra Taft Benson was born into a well established, successful family who had set about gaining employment in everything from farming to politics. At the end of the Revolutionary War no less than George Washington himself stayed at the home and inn of one of the Taft’s when he began his run for US President.
The drive to succeed wasn’t lost with Ezra as he began to establish a career and carve a little niche for himself in the new country. His ventures took him from farming to hotel entrepreneur, cotton mill owner to LDS apostle.
