Calling As An Apostle
In 1905, two members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles resigned after an argument over LDS Church doctrine and policy. John W. Taylor disagreed with the 1890 Manifesto forbidding plural marriage; Matthias F. Cowley felt that it should apply only to the territory of the United States. In February of the next year, Apostle Marriner W. Merrill died; this left three vacancies in the Quorum.
On April 8, 1906, at a general conference of the LDS Church, Richards was called to be an Apostle by Church President Joseph F. Smith. He was ordained and set apart the following day, ahead of Orson F. Whitney and David O. McKay.
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