The once-conservative cartoonist became a liberal atheist after watching The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...

His name: Ezra Taft Benson. A Latter-day Saint apostle and onetime church president, Benson held political views that stretched further right than mainstream Republicans.

Mormon Church President Ezra Taft Benson was remembered Saturday as a plain-spoken champion of freedom who loathed communism, defended the rights of farmers and inspired his people.

Historian Matthew Harris discusses the life and times of liberal Latter-day Saint apostle Hugh B. Brown, who clashed with a number of eventual church presidents.

Ezra Taft Benson, the only Mormon apostle ever to serve in a U.S. Cabinet, was known as a forceful foe of communism and a dedicated disciple of conservatism.

The winter's first freezing storms blew ... Chief target of farmer anger was still Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, ... Ezra Benson last week got President Eisenhower’s approval for ...

Political cartoonist Steve Benson, who died at 71, was a conservative. A liberal. A bomb-dropper. But also an endearing ...

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Ezra Taft Benson, head of the Mormon Church since 1985, died Monday at his home in Salt Lake City. Search. Subscribe. Manage profile. Donate. Login Log out. Menu. Close. Journalism you trust.