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Nine Mormons’ quest for the presidency. Sounds like an interesting book. Some of the listed candidates weren’t directly affiliated with the Church at the time of their candidacies (thank goodness).
1968 Eldridge Cleaver (Peace and Freedom) — Prior to joining the Mormon church, Eldridge Cleaver was a radical left-wing activist in the black power movement. If elected president, he promised to burn the White House down. By the 1980s, Cleaver converted to Mormonism and became an ardent right-wing Republican.
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