Calling
In 1905, two members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles resigned over a dispute 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, Marriner W. Merrill died, leaving three vacancies in the quorum.
At a general conference of the church, Whitney was called on April 8, 1906, and ordained the following day, along with George F. Richards and David O. McKay.
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