Teddy Roosevelt, perhaps one of the most manifestly religious presidents (at a convention Roosevelt cried out, “We stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord,” and also made a 90 minute speech after being shot in the chest and bleeding - and carried the bullet for the rest of his life), was also a writer and reformer in that regard. He ordered the Government Printing Office to use new simplified spellings of 300 words. But due to strong opposition he rescinded the order.
Can't shut a frigging politician up....
/johnny