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| Heber J. Grant | |
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| Full name | Heber Jeddy Grant |
| Born | November 22 1856 |
| Place of birth | Salt Lake City, Utah Territory |
| Died | May 14 1945 (aged 88) |
| Place of death | Salt Lake City, Utah |
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| Ordained | November 23 1918 (aged 62) |
| Predecessor | Joseph F. Smith |
| Successor | George Albert Smith |
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| Called by | John Taylor |
| Ordained | October 16 1882 (aged 25) |
| Reason for ordination | Reorganization of First Presidency and the death of Orson PrattGrant and George Teasdale were ordained apostles on the same date. After their ordinations, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles again had twelve members. |
| End of term | May 14 1945 (aged 88) |
| Reason for end of term | Death |
| Reorganization at end of term | Matthew Cowley ordained |
Heber Jeddy GrantHis middle name was indeed "Jeddy", not "Jedediah", though his father, a counselor in the First Presidency of Brigham Young, was Jedediah Morgan Grant. (November 22, 1856–May 14, 1945) was the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was ordained an apostle on October 16, 1882, on the same day as George Teasdale. Grant served as church president from November 23, 1918 to his death in 1945, which makes him the longest-serving church president during the twentieth century.
Grant was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory to Jedediah Morgan Grant and Rachel Ridgeway Ivins. Jedediah Grant had served as Brigham Young\'s counselor in the First Presidency of the LDS Church. However, Jedediah died nine days after Heber was born, and Rachel became the dominant influence in Heber\'s life. In business, Heber J. Grant helped develop the Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City. In 1884 he served a term as a representative to the Utah Territorial Legislature.
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Heber grew up without his father, Jedediah M. Grant, and was subsequently raised by his mother. He was known for his determination in achieving goals seemingly beyond his reach. As a child, he wished to join the baseball team that would win the Utah Territorial championship, although others believed him to be too awkward athletically to be a successful baseball player. In response, he purchased a baseball and practiced throwing the ball against his barn until he developed his skill sufficiently to join the baseball team that would win the Utah Territorial championship.
In similar fashion, he expressed a desire to be a successful bookkeeper, although many of his associates criticized his penmanship. He likewise practiced his penmanship until such a point where he was invited to teach penmanship at one of the local academies.
In 1901, Grant was sent to Japan to open the Japanese Mission of the LDS Church, and he served as its president until 1903 when he returned home but was almost immediately sent to preside over the British and European Missions of the church.
Grant succeeded Joseph F. Smith as president of the LDS Church in November 1918. However, he was not sustained in the position by the general church membership until June 1919, as the influenza pandemic of 1918 forced a delay of the church\'s traditional springtime general conference.
During his tenure as president, Grant enforced the 1890 Manifesto outlawing plural marriage and gave guidance as the church\'s social structure evolved away from its early days of plural marriage-based families. In 1927, he authorized the implementation of the church\'s "Good Neighbor" policy, which was intended to reduce antagonism between Latter-day Saints and the United States government. In 1935, Grant excommunicated members of the church in Short Creek, Arizona that refused to sign the loyalty pledge to the church that included a renunciation of plural marriage. This action signalled the formal beginning of the Mormon fundamentalist movement, and some of the excommunicated members went on to found the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
One of Grant\'s greatest legacies as president is the welfare program of the LDS Church, which he instituted in 1936. He said, "our primary purpose was to set up, insofar as it might be possible, a system under which the curse of idleness would be done away with, the evils of a dole abolished, and independence, industry, thrift and self-respect be once more established amongst our people. The aim of the Church is to help the people help themselves."[citation needed] His administration also emphasized the practice of the LDS health code known as the Word of Wisdom. Until Grant\'s administration, adherence to the health code was not compulsory for advancement in the priesthood or for entrance to LDS temples. (Allen and Leonard, p. 524)
Grant died in Salt Lake City, Utah. As the final surviving member of the church\'s Council of Fifty,D. Michael Quinn, "The Council of Fifty and Its Members, 1844–1945." BYU Studies 20(2) (Winter 1980), 180. his death marked the end of the organization.
Grant was the last of the LDS Church presidents to practice "plural marriage". He married a first time in 1877 and then twice in 1884. Some sources[attribution needed] suggest the latter two marriages were annulled after the Manifesto ending plural marriages was issued by President Wilford Woodruff in 1890, but no evidence can be found to support this.
| Preceded by Joseph F. Smith | President of the LDS Church November 23, 1918–May 14, 1945 | Succeeded by George Albert Smith |
| Preceded by Francis M. Lyman | President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles November 18, 1916–November 23, 1918 | Succeeded by Anthon H. Lund |
| Preceded by George Teasdale | Quorum of the Twelve Apostles October 16, 1882–November 23, 1918 | Succeeded by John W. Taylor |
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| Presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
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| J. Smith • Young • Taylor • Woodruff • Snow • J.F. Smith, Sr. • Grant • G.A. Smith • McKay • J.F. Smith, Jr. • Lee • Kimball • Benson • Hunter • Hinckley • Monson |
| Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
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| Marsh • B. Young, Sr. • Hyde • Taylor • Woodruff • Snow • F.D. Richards • B. Young, Jr. • J.F. Smith, Sr. • B. Young, Jr. • Lyman • Grant • Lund • Clawson • G.A. Smith • G.F. Richards • McKay • J.F. Smith, Jr. • Lee • Kimball • Benson • Romney • Hunter • Hinckley • Monson • Packer |
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