What is Brigham Young?
{{Infobox religious leader | honorific-prefix = | name = Brigham Young | honorific-suffix = | image = BrighamYoung1.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | religion = Christian | religion_type = Church | religion_name = The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | office = President of the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1801|06|01}} | birth_place = [[Vermont]] | birth_name = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1877|08|29|1801|06|01}} | death_place = [[Salt Lake City]] | buried = | nationality = | location_type = | location_name = | began = | ended = | predecessor = [[Joseph Smith, Jr]] | successor = [[John Taylor]] | other_posts = | honors = | known_for = First [[Governor]] of [[Utah]] | written_works = | quote = | footnotes = }} '''Brigham Young''' (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was the second president of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (Mormon church) and the first [[Governor]] of the [[United States|American]] [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Utah]]. Young was born in [[Vermont]]. He became president of the [[Mormonism|Mormon]] [[church]] in 1847 after the death of [[Joseph Smith, Jr]] in 1844. [[Brigham Young University]] is named after Young. [[John Taylor (Mormon)|John Taylor]] replaced Young as leader of the church three years after Young died. == Western migration == Young started a journey that would take the [[Mormon Pioneers|Mormon pioneers]] to [[Nebraska|Winter Quarters, Nebraska]], in 1846, then to the Salt Lake Valley. Young arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, a date now known as Pioneer Day in Utah, which is also one of its holidays. The Mormon pioneers' journey was one of the largest and one of the best organized migration to the West.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/brighamyoung.html|title=Bri