I don’t know of any study about his acquaintance with any branches of Mormonism. He certainly must have been aware of them/us, but I don’t know of any study. Fun ideas!

Truman had those odd, near connections being from Independence, MO including a “Young” grandfather – just not of the Brigham-type. (But watch me get in trouble here matching wits with a real historian.)

I’m sure somebody out there must have done some study on Harry’s acquaintances of the various faiths of the Joseph Smith followers in the area? No?

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32269227

Cheers

But I think I had a point other than just stirring the political pot. If we were to do a bit of digging, we would discover that all political leaders, no matter how odious their views, are actually human beings, related to other human beings, some of whom might be our friends if we were to become acquainted, and some few of whom might even share our faith.

That sharing is not a sufficient reason for tying ourselves to somebody’s political star, but it should remind us of our common humanity, even with those with whom we disagree most vigorously. [Here, in deference to Ardis's desires, I'm omitting a short list of politicians whose odiousness knows no bounds, but whose humanity I will grudgingly admit.]