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General Authorities and General Officers Sustained

Heber J. Grant, President of the Church

1924 October General Conference·Closing Session·1924-10-05

Presented the general authorities and the general officers of the Church, all of whom were sustained in their positions and callings by the unanimous vote of the great assembly as follows:

General Authorities of the Church

First Presidency

  • Heber J. Grant, Prophet, Seer, and Revelator and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • Charles W. Penrose, First Counselor in the First Presidency.
  • Anthony W. Ivins, Second Counselor in the First Presidency.

President of the Council of Twelve Apostles

  • Rudger Clawson

Council of Twelve Apostles

  • Rudger Clawson
  • Joseph Fielding Smith
  • Reed Smoot
  • James E. Talmage
  • George Albert Smith
  • Stephen L. Richards
  • George F. Richards
  • Richard R. Lyman
  • Orson F. Whitney
  • Melvin J. Ballard
  • David O. McKay
  • John A. Widtsoe

Presiding Patriarch

  • Hyrum G. Smith

The Counselors of the First Presidency, the Twelve Apostles, and the Presiding Patriarch as Prophets, Seers and Revelators.

First Seven Presidents of Seventy

  • Seymour B. Young
  • Rulon S. Wells
  • Brigham H. Roberts
  • Joseph W. McMurrin
  • Jonathan G. Kimball
  • Charles H. Hart
  • Levi Edgar Young

Presiding Bishopric

  • Charles W. Nibley, Presiding Bishop
  • David A. Smith, First Counselor
  • John Wells, Second Counselor

Trustee-in-Trust

Heber J. Grant, as Trustee-in-Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

General Officers of the Church

Church Historian and Recorder

Joseph Fielding Smith, with the following assistants: Andrew Jenson, Brigham H. Roberts, A. William Lund, and Junius F. Wells.

Church Board of Education

  • Joseph Fielding Smith
  • Heber J. Grant
  • David O. McKay
  • Charles W. Penrose
  • Stephen L. Richards
  • Anthony W. Ivins
  • Richard R. Lyman
  • Willard Young
  • John A. Widtsoe
  • Rudger Clawson
  • Orson F. Whitney
  • Arthur Winter, Sec. and Treas.

Commission of Education

  • John A. Widtsoe
  • Stephen L. Richards
  • Richard R. Lyman

Superintendent of Church Schools

  • Adam S. Bennion

Auditing Committee

  • Henry H. Rolapp
  • John C. Cutler
  • Peter G. Johnston

Tabernacle Choir

  • Anthony C. Lund, Conductor
  • B. Cecil Gates, Asst. Conductor

Organists

  • John J. McClellan
  • Edward P. Kimball
  • Tracy Y. Cannon
  • Alexander Shreiner
  • Frank W. Asper

George C. Smith, Sec. and Treas., and all the members of the Choir.

Clerk of General Conference

  • Edward H. Anderson
Cite this talkHeber J. Grant, "General Authorities and General Officers Sustained," 1924 October General Conference, Closing Session (1924-10-05). Pulpit Vault, 1924-10-53-heber-j-grant-general-authorities-sustained. Authoritative print text from archive.org.Pulpit Vault, edition of 23 September 2026 (commit 4bdc6ac627).