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General Authorities and General Officers Sustained

Heber J. Grant, President of the Church

1925 October General Conference·Closing Session·1925-10-06

Presented the General Authorities and the General Officers of the Church as follows. All were sustained in their positions and callings by the unanimous vote of the conference:

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.

Anthony W. Ivins, First Counselor in the First Presidency. Charles W. Nibley, Second Counselor in the First Presidency.

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES

Rudger Clawson

COUNCIL OF THE 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 in the First Presidency, the Twelve Apostles, and the Presiding Patriarch as Prophets, Seers and Revelators.

FIRST COUNCIL OF THE SEVENTY

Brigham H. Roberts Jonathan G. Kimball Charles H. Hart

Rulon S. Wells Levi Edgar Young

Joseph W. McMurrin Rey L. Pratt

PRESIDING BISHOPRIC

Sylvester Q. Cannon, Presiding Bishop David A. Smith, First Counselor John Wells, Second Counselor

GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH

CHURCH HISTORIAN AND RECORDER

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

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

Adam S. Bennion, and the General Church Board of Education as now constituted.

AUDITING COMMITTEE

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

TABERNACLE CHOIR

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

ORGANISTS

Edward P. Kimball Alexander Schreiner

Tracy Y. Cannon Frank W. Asper

George C. Smith, Secretary and Treasurer

CLERK OF GENERAL CONFERENCE

Edward H. Anderson

GENERAL AUXILIARY OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH

NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF SOCIETY

Clarissa S. Williams, President Jennie B. Knight, First Counselor Louise Y. Robison, Second Counselor with the General Board of Relief Society as at present constituted.

DESERET SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION

David O. McKay, General Superintendent Stephen L. Richards, 1st Asst. Gen'l Supt. George D. Pyper, 2nd Asst. Gen'l Supt. with all the members of the Board as at present constituted.

YOUNG MEN'S MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

George Albert Smith, General Superintendent Richard R. Lyman, 1st Asst. Superintendent Melvin J. Ballard, 2nd Asst. Superintendent with all the members of the Board as at present constituted.

YOUNG LADIES' MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Martha H. Tingey, President Ruth May Fox, First Counselor Lucy Grant Cannon, Second Counselor with all the members of the Board as at present constituted.

PRIMARY ASSOCIATION

May Anderson, President Sadie G. Pack, First Counselor Isabelle S. Ross, Second Counselor

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