# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brigham-young
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:33:31.369Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in Vermont in 1801, Young worked as a painter and carpenter before becoming a full-time church leader in 1835. When Missouri's governor signed the Mormon Extermination Order in 1838, he organized the Saints' migration to Illinois, where Joseph Smith's 1844 murder by a mob ignited a succession crisis. Elected church president in 1847, Young led the Mormon exodus west via the Mormon Trail to the Salt Lake Valley, where he founded Salt Lake City and was appointed Utah's first territorial governor in 1850. He allowed polygamy, supported slavery's expansion, formalized the ban on black men in the priesthood, and ruled through what he called theodemocracy. When President Buchanan appointed a new governor, Young declared martial law, triggering the Utah War — during which the territorial militia massacred at least 120 members of the Baker–Fancher wagon train at Mountain Meadows, and Young ordered the Aiken massacre the following month. He surrendered in 1858, resigning as governor in exchange for a presidential pardon, and died in 1877 with 57 children and a legacy written across the West.