Orson Ferguson Whitney was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from April 9, 1906 until his death, May 16, 1931.

Calling

In 1905, two members of the quorum resigned due to a dispuation with church doctrine and policy. John W. Taylor disagreed with the manifesto forbidding plural marriage; Matthias F. Cowley felt that it should apply only to the United States. In February of the next year, Elder Marriner W. Merrill passed away, leaving three vacancies in the quorum.

Orson F. Whitney was called on April 8, 1906, and set apart the following day, along with George F. Richards and David O. McKay at General Conference.

See Also

• Biography by Grampa Bill