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Authorities sustained

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1915 October General Conference·Closing Session·1915-10-06

Elder Heber J. Grant presented the names of the General Authorities of the Church, to be voted upon by the assembly, as follows:

Joseph F. Smith, as Prophet, Seer and Revelator and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Anthon H. Lund, as First Counselor in the First Presidency.

Charles W. Penrose, as Second Counselor in the First Presidency.

Francis M. Lyman as President of the Twelve Apostles.

As members of the Council of Twelve Apostles: Francis M. Lyman, Heber J. Grant, Rudger Clawson, Reed Smoot, Hyrum M. Smith, George Albert Smith, George F. Richards, Orson F. Whitney, David O. McKay, Anthony W. Ivins, Joseph F. Smith, Jr., and James E. Talmage.

Hyrum G. Smith, as presiding Patriarch of the Church.

The counselors in the First Presidency, the Twelve Apostles and the Presiding Patriarch, as Prophets, Seers and Revelators.

First Seven Presidents of Seventies: Seymour B. Young, Brigham H. Roberts, Jonathan G. Kimball, Rulon S. Wells, Joseph W. McMurrin, Charles H. Hart and Levi Edgar Young.

Charles W. Nibley, as Presiding Bishop, with Orrin P. Miller and David A. Smith, as his first and second Counselors.

Joseph F. Smith, as Trustee-in-Trust for the body of religious worshipers known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Anthon H. Lund, as Church Historian and General Church Recorder.

Andrew Jenson, Brigham H. Roberts, Joseph F. Smith, Jr., and August William Lund, assistant Historians.

As members of the General Church Board of Education: Joseph F. Smith, Willard Young, Anthon H. Lund, George H. Brimhall, Rudger Clawson, Charles W. Penrose, Horace H. Cummings, Orson F. Whitney and Francis M. Lyman.

Arthur Winter, as Secretary and Treasurer of the General Church Board of Education.

Horace H. Cummings, General Superintendent of Church Schools.

Board of Examiners for Church Schools: Horace H. Cummings, chairman; George H. Brimhall, C. N. Jensen and Guy C. Wilson.

Auditing Committee: William W. Riter, Henry H. Rolapp, John C. Cutler, Heber Scowcroft, and Joseph S. Wells.

Tabernacle Choir: Evan Stephens, conductor; Horace S. Ensign, assistant conductor; John J. McClellan, organist; Edward P. Kimball and Tracy Y. Cannon, assistant organists; George C. Smith, secretary and treasurer; John Drakeford, librarian: and all the members.

General Board of Relief Society: Emmeline B. Wells, president; Clarissa S. Williams, first counselor; Julina L. Smith, second counselor; Amy Brown Lyman, secretary; Susa Young Gates, corresponding secretary; Emma A. Empey, treasurer; Lizzie Thomas Edward, musical director; Edna H. Coray, organist; Sarah Jenne Cannon, Romania B. Penrose, Emily S. Richards, Julia P. M. Farnsworth, Phebe Y. Beatie, Ida S. Dusenberry, Carrie S. Thomas, Alice M. Horne, Priscilla P. Jennings, Elizabeth S. Wilcox, Rebecca N. Nibley, Elizabeth C. McCune, Edna May Davis, Sarah M. McLelland, Elizabeth C. Crismon, Jeanette A. Hyde and Sarah Eddington.

General Board of Deseret Sunday School Union — Joseph F. Smith, superintendent; David O. McKay, first assistant superintendent; Stephen L. Richards, second assistant superintendent; George D. Pyper, secretary; John F. Bennett, treasurer. Other members of board: Francis M. Lyman, Heber J. Grant, Hugh J. Cannon, Andrew Kimball, John M. Mills, William D. Owen, Seymour B. Young, Anthon H. Lund, James E. Talmage, George M. Cannon, Horace H. Cummings, Josiah Burrows, William A. Morton, Horace S. Ensign, Henry H. Rolapp, Harold G. Reynolds, Charles B. Felt, George H. Wallace, Howard R. Driggs, Nathan T. Porter, Milton Bennion, Charles W. Penrose, Edwin G. Woolley, Jr., Hyrum G. Smith, Charles H. Hart, Joseph Ballantyne, J. Leo Fairbanks, J. W. Walker, E. G. Gowans, E. Conway Ashton and Adam S. Bennion.

General Board Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association — Joseph F. Smith, superintendent; Heber J. Grant and Brigham H. Roberts, assistant superintendents; Moroni Snow, secretary; Francis M. Lyman, J. Golden Kimball, Junius F. Wells, George H. Brimhall, Edward H. Anderson, Thomas Hull, Willard Done, LeRoi C. Snow, Rudger Clawson, Rulon S. Wells, Joseph W. McMurrin, Bryant S. Hinckley, Brigham F. Grant, Hyrum M. Smith, Joseph F. Smith, Jr., Lewis T. Cannon, Benjamin Goddard, George Albert Smith, Thomas A. Clawson, Lyman R. Martineau, Charles H. Hart, John A. Widtsoe, James H. Anderson, Anthony W. Ivins, Oscar A. Kirkham, Anthon H. Lund, George F. Richards, Nephi Anderson, John H. Taylor, Charles W. Penrose, James E. Talmage, Hyrum G. Smith, Henry C. Lund, George J. Cannon, Nicholas G. Morgan, Claude Richards, John F. Bowman, Levi Edgar Young, Roscoe W. Eardley, Richard W. Young and Preston D. Richards.

General Board Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association — Martha Horne Tingey, president; Ruth May Fox, first counselor; Mae Taylor Nystrom, second counselor; Clarissa A. Beesley, secretary; Joan M. Campbell, recording secretary; Alice K. Smith, treasurer; Margaret Summerhays and Mabel Cooper, music directors.

Aids: Maria Young Dougall, Adella W. Eardley, Agnes S. Campbell, Ann M. Cannon, May Booth Talmage, Emma Goddard, Rose W. Bennett, Julia M. Brixen, Augusta W. Grant, Estelle Neff Caldwell, Emily Caldwell Adams, Mary E. Connelly, Ellen Wallace, Lucy Woodruff Smith, Jane B. Anderson, Edith R. Lovsey, Laura Bennion Dimond, Rachel Grant Taylor, Sarah E. Richards, Lucy S. Carter and Charlotte Stewart.

General board of Primary associations — Louie B. Felt, president; May Anderson, first counselor; Clara W. Beebe, second counselor; Frances K. Thomassen, secretary; Edith E. Hunter, treasurer; Ida B. Smith, librarian, Adelaide U. E. Hardy, assistant librarian; Emma Ramsey Morris, chorister; Matilda W. Cahoon, assistant chorister; Ivy Allen, organist; Isabella S. Ross and Ann Nebeker, physical directors. Advisors to the board; George F. Richards and Anthony W. Ivins. Aids: Lillie T. Freeze, Josephine R. West, Aurelia Rogers, L. L. Greene Richards, Camilla C. Cobb, Eliza S. Bennion, Margaret C. Eastmond, Edna Harker Thomas, Alice L. Howarth, Emma P. Romney, Zina Y. Card, Laura L. Foster, Erma Bitner Evans, Eleanor R. Jeremy, Ella S. Carpenter, Mary F. Young, Annie S. Milne, Georgina F. Richards, Vilate S. Chambers, Beatrice Cannon, Helen Davis, Florence Summerhays, Marion Belnap Kerr.

General board of Religion classes — Anthon H. Lund, superintendent; Rudger Clawson, first assistant superintendent; Hyrum M. Smith, second assistant superintendent: Edwin S. Sheets, secretary; Horace H. Cummings, Rulon S. Wells, Joseph W. McMurrin, John Henry Evans, William A. Morton, Joseph J. Cannon, George Albert Smith, Charles W. Penrose, Orson F. Whitney, James E. King, George F. Richards, Heber J. Grant, Anthony W. Ivins, George H. Brimhall, Joseph F. Smith, Jr., P. J. Jenson, Willard Young, James E. Talmage, N. Andrew Jensen and Guy C. Wilson.

General board of the Genealogical society of Utah — Anthon H. Lund, president; Charles W. Penrose, vice president; Joseph F. Smith, Jr., secretary and treasurer; Joseph Christenson, librarian; Anthony W. Ivins, D. M. McAllister and Heber J. Grant.

Duncan M. McAllister as Clerk of the Conference.

Each and all of those named were duly sustained in the positions designated, by unanimous vote of the Conference.

Cite this talkConference record, "Authorities sustained," 1915 October General Conference, Closing Session (1915-10-06). Pulpit Vault, 1915-10-64-authorities-sustained-64. Authoritative print text from archive.org.Pulpit Vault, edition of 23 September 2026 (commit 4bdc6ac627).