Franklin D. Richards (Mormon apostle)

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Franklin D. Richards
Full name Franklin Dewey Richards
Born April 2, 1821(1821-04-02)
Place of birth Richmond, Massachusetts
Died December 9, 1899 (aged 78)
Place of death Ogden, Utah
LDS Church Apostle
Called by Brigham Young
Ordained February 12, 1849 (aged 27)
Reason for ordination Reorganization of First Presidency; excommunication of Lyman Wight[1]
End of term December 9, 1899 (aged 78)
Reason for end of term Death
Reorganization at end of term Reed Smoot ordained

Franklin Dewey Richards (April 2, 1821, Richmond, Massachusetts – December 9, 1899, Ogden, Utah) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from February 12, 1849 until his death. He also served as president of the quorum from September 2, 1898 until his death. Both his son, George F. Richards, and grandson LeGrand Richards were members of the quorum, with his son also serving as president of the quorum from 1945 to 1950. Richards also served in the Utah Territorial Legislature in 1852 and 1856.

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[edit] Calling

Apostle Lyman Wight was excommunicated from the church in December 1848 because he refused to join the church in the Salt Lake Valley. This left an opening in the Quorum of the Twelve.

To fill the vacancy, and to bring the number of the quorum up to twelve, Richards was called and ordained as the fourth of four apostles on February 12, 1849. The other three apostles were Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, and Erastus Snow.

From 1889 until his death, Richards was the church's twelfth official Church Historian.

[edit] President of the Twelve

With the death of Church President Wilford Woodruff on September 2, 1898, President Lorenzo Snow became the president of the church. As the second-most senior apostle in the Quorum of the Twelve, Elder Richards assumed the role of President of the Twelve. His term was short-lived, as he lived only 15 months longer.

[edit] Death

Richards suffered a stroke and paralysis in the autumn of 1899. He died peacefully in his home in Ogden, Utah on December 9, 1899.

The vacancy in the quorum created by his death was filled by Reed Smoot.

One of Richards's grandsons, Franklin D. Richards, became a general authority of the church serving as an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve and later as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy.

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Richards, Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, and Erastus Snow were ordained on the same day to fill four vacancies in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

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Preceded by
Lorenzo Snow		 President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
September 13, 1898–December 9, 1899		 Succeeded by
George Q. Cannon
Preceded by
Erastus Snow		 Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
February 12, 1849–December 9, 1899		 Succeeded by
George Q. Cannon
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Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
J. Smith • Cowdery • Harris • Whitmer • Marsh • Patten • B. Young, Sr. • H.C. Kimball • Hyde • M'Lellin • P.P. Pratt • L.S. Johnson • Wm. Smith • O. Pratt • Boynton • L.E. Johnson • Page • J. Taylor • W. Woodruff • G.A. Smith • W. Richards • Wight • H. Smith • A.M. Lyman • Benson • Rich • L. Snow • E. Snow • F.D. Richards • J.M. Grant • Wells • G.Q. Cannon • J.A. Young • J.W. Young • J.F. Smith, Sr. • B. Young, Jr. • Carrington • Thatcher • F.M. Lyman • J.H. Smith • Teasdale • H.J. Grant • J.W. Taylor • M.W. Merrill • Lund • A.H. Cannon • M.F. Cowley • A.O. Woodruff • Clawson • Smoot • H.M. Smith • G.A. Smith • Penrose • G.F. Richards • Whitney • McKay • Ivins • J.F. Smith, Jr. • Talmage • S.L. Richards • R.R. Lyman • M.J. Ballard • Widtsoe • J.F. Merrill • Callis • Clark • A.A. Hinckley • Bowen • S.Q. Cannon • Lee • S.W. Kimball • Benson • Petersen • M. Cowley • Moyle • Stapley • Romney • L. Richards • Bennion • Evans • Morris • Brown • Hunter • G.B. Hinckley • Tanner • Monson • Dyer • Packer • Ashton • McConkie • Perry • Haight • Faust • Maxwell • Nelson • Oaks • M.R. Ballard • Wirthlin • Scott • Hales • Holland • Eyring • Uchtdorf • Bednar • Cook • Christofferson
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Members of the Council of Fifty of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Jos. Smith • Badlam • Bernhisel • Cahoon • Clayton • Cutler • A. Fielding • Haws • H.C. Kimball • Miller • Phelps • O. Pratt • P.P. Pratt, Sr. • L. Richards • W. Richards • G.A. Smith • H. Smith • E. Snow • J. Taylor • Wasson • Whitney • Woodworth • B. Young, Sr. • Emmett • Hyde • Woodruff • Adams • Babbitt • Bonney • Eaton • J. Fielding • Johnson • Lee • Lott • A.M. Lyman • C.C. Rich • E. Smith • John Smith • Thayre • Yearsley • Bent • Brown • James • Marks • Parker • Rigdon • Rockwell • O. Spencer • Greene • Coolidge • Hollister • W. Smith • Wight • J.M. Grant • Dunham • Foster • D. Fullmer • Morley • Pack • Page • Rockwood • Roundy • Turley • Jos. Young • Daniels • D. Spencer • P. Young • Carrington • Farnham • J.S. Fullmer • Shumway • G.D. Grant • Benson • Bullock • Heywood • P. Richards • W. Snow • D.H. Wells • John Young • L. Snow • F.D. Richards • G.Q. Cannon • B. Young, Jr. • J.A. Young • Burton • Clinton • Hunter • C.S. Kimball • D.P. Kimball • P.P. Pratt, Jr. • J.C. Rich • Sharp • J.F. Smith • Smoot • Stout • G.J. Taylor • H.P. Kimball • H.J. Richards • J.W. Young • Hooper • A.M. Cannon • Cluff • Jennings • F.M. Lyman • Nuttall • Preston • F.S. Richards • J.H. Smith • S.S. Smith • W.R. Smith • W.W. Taylor • Thatcher • J.F. Wells • Farr • Van Cott • Caine • Reynolds • Winder • Gibbs • Penrose • Clawson • H.J. Grant • Hardy • Teasdale • Peterson • Shurtliff • Budge • Murdock • Hatch • Layton • A.H. Cannon • J.Q. Cannon • J.W. Taylor • S.B. Young
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Official church historians of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Whitmer (1831–1835) • Cowdery (1835–1837) • Corrill (1838) • Higbee (1838–1840) • Thompson (1840–1841) • Sloan (1841–1842) • W. Richards (1842–1854) • G.A. Smith (1854–1871) • Carrington (1871–1874) • Pratt (1874–1881) • Woodruff (1881–1889) • F.D. Richards (1889–1899) • Lund (1900–1921) • J.F. Smith (1921–1970) • Hunter (1970–1972) • Arrington (1972–1982) • Durham (1982–1985) • Larsen (1985–1989) • Carmack (1989–2001) • Jensen (2001– )
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Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Marsh (1835–1839) • B. Young, Sr. (1839–1847) • Hyde (1847–1875) • Taylor (1875–1880) • Woodruff (1880–1889) • Snow (1889–1898) • F.D. Richards (1898–1899) • B. Young, Jr. (1899–1901) • J.F. Smith, Sr. (1901) • B. Young, Jr. (1901–1903) • Lyman (1903–1916) • Grant (1916–1918) • Lund (1918–1921) • Clawson (1921–1943) • G.A. Smith (1943–1945) • G.F. Richards (1945–1950) • McKay (1950–1951) • J.F. Smith, Jr. (1951–1970) • Lee (1970–1972) • Kimball (1972–1973) • Benson (1973–1985) • Romney (1985–1988) • Hunter (1988–1994) • Hinckley (1994–1995) • Monson (1995–2008) • Packer (2008– )