Ezra Taft Benson (August 4, 1899 – May 30, 1994) was an American farmer, government official, and religious leader who served as the 15th United States...
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Ezra Taft Benson (February 22, 1811 – September 3, 1869) (commonly referred to as Ezra T. Benson to distinguish him from his great-grandson of the same...
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from Ohio, Kingsley Arter Taft, and a U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra Taft Benson II, among others. Lydia Chapin Taft; Noteworthy among early Uxbridge...
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White Horse Prophecy (section Ezra Taft Benson)
up by our Constitution." In a 1986 Brigham Young University speech, Ezra Taft Benson, then president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
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career, Benson was noted for his political conservatism and advocacy of homeschooling. Benson was the son of Ezra Taft Benson and his wife, Flora Benson. Benson...
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former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and former LDS Church president Ezra Taft Benson, he attended Brigham Young University, from which he graduated cum...
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Doctrine (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft) p. 19. Ezra Taft Benson (1988). Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson (Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft) p. 93. "Sample...
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temples. After Kimball's death in November 1985, Ezra Taft Benson became President of the Church. Benson named Hinckley as first counselor and Thomas S...
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members of American presidents include former Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra Taft Benson ('26), and former United States Solicitor General, Rex E. Lee ('60)...
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chosen Ezra Taft Benson to fill the other vacancy in the Quorum, and he and Kimball were ordained on the same day. As he was four years older than Benson, Kimball...
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Wes Andrews and Clyde Dalton. It is notable for being endorsed by Ezra Taft Benson, the former Secretary of Agriculture in the Eisenhower Administration...
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Square in Salt Lake City. July 10: Steve Benson publicly states that his grandfather, church president Ezra Taft Benson, is suffering from senility, which is...
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president Ezra Taft Benson asked Hinckley and Monson to serve as his First and Second Counselors. Monson and Hinckley also served as counselors to Benson's successor...
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The Ezra Taft Benson Agriculture and Food Institute is a 501 (C3) Corporation owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and...
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becomes President of the Quorum. 7 October 1943 Spencer W. Kimball and Ezra Taft Benson ordained. 12 November 1943 Richard R. Lyman excommunicated. 20 April...
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the Quorum of the Twelve at the earliest date. In another instance, Ezra Taft Benson left active status in the quorum for a time when he was serving as...
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Mendon, Massachusetts (redirect from Taft Public Library (Massachusetts))
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller. Other descendants were Ezra T. Benson and his grandson, Ezra Taft Benson, former Secretary of Agriculture under President Dwight...
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and was succeeded by Leonard J. Arrington. In November 1985, when Ezra Taft Benson became church president, Hunter was named Acting President of the Quorum...
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(Some exceptions have been made to this rule, as when quorum member Ezra Taft Benson was permitted to serve as United States Secretary of Agriculture from...
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leader Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994), American politician and religious leader Charles Ezra Beury (1879–1953), American academic administrator Ezra Booth (1792–1873)...
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administration, church apostle Ezra Taft Benson, named Kenneth Scott as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Benson's influence led to his father's conversion...
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president Howard W. Hunter. The vacancy was created by the death of Ezra Taft Benson and subsequent reorganization of the First Presidency. This timing...
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are "greatly exaggerated".: 211, 258 The booklet found support from Ezra Taft Benson, then Eisenhower's Secretary of Agriculture and later the 13th president...
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Romney had not been seen in public for many months.[citation needed] Ezra Taft Benson, who had been President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, then...
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Mormon views on evolution (section Ezra Taft Benson)
Benson, Ezra Taft (1974). God, Family, Country: Our Three Great Loyalties. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book. p. 225 – via Internet Archive. Benson,...
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Book", in which a baby's war wounds are cataloged in a keepsake; the "Ezra Taft Benson High School Yearbook", a precursor to the Lampoon's High School Yearbook...
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made was with attorney Harvey Hollister Bundy. Another was with Robert A. Taft, a counsel for the Food Administration. Following the Armistice of 11 November...
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civil rights, and changed its Boy Scout leader policy. The apostle Ezra Taft Benson criticized the civil rights movement and challenged accusations of...
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Benson (1904–1972), American educator Elmer Austin Benson (1895–1985), American politician Eva Benson (1875–1949), Australian artist Ezra Taft Benson...
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8:21. Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, Oct. 1961; Ezra Taft Benson, "A Witness and a Warning," Ensign, November 1979, p. 31. Ezra Taft Benson, "I Testify"...
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