A “Gentile” more or less in league with the Mormons.
1850. Who was this man Pickett? He was a non-resident, the jack Mormon in religion, and a renegade Democrat in politics.—Mr. Leffler of Iowa, House of Repr., June 27: Cong. Globe, p. 822, App.
1857. No officer, if not a Mormon or a jack Mormon, can dwell among the Mormons without being subjected to insolence.—Mr. Morrill of Vt., the same, Feb. 23: id., p. 284, App.
1870. Jacob Backinstos … continued a “Jack Mormon” to the end of the chapter.—J. H. Beadle, ‘Life in Utah,’ p. 61 (Phila., &c.).
1870. A slang name applied to Gentiles who favor the Mormons.—Id., p. 130 n.
1870. From 1850 to 1862, “jack-Mormonism” ruled at Washington to a considerable extent, and the Gentiles of Utah had but little help, either by protection or moral influence, from Federal appointees.—Id., p. 197.
