-- Friday, Oct 4, 1901
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
At 10 a.m. the General conference convened, President Joseph F. Smith Presiding, President Lorenzo Snow being poorly. It is stormy. (1)
-- Oct 6, 1901 - 10 October 1901
[1st Presidency Changes] Lorenzo Snow Joseph F. Smith Rudger Clawson Joseph F. Smith called as First Counselor; Rudger Clawson called as Second Counselor. NOTE: These counselors were sustained but not set apart due to the death of Snow 4 days later (2)
-- Sunday, Oct 6, 1901
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
2 p.m. [general conference] President Lorenzo Snow Presiding. President Lorenzo Snow spoke. The General Authoraries were sustained. Joseph F. Smith was made 1st Councillor and Rudger Clawson 2nd Councillor. (1)
-- Oct 6, 1901
[Apostle Rudger Clawson] Chosen by President Lorenzo Snow and sustained at general conference as second counselor in First Presidency. (3)
Endnotes:
1 - Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990, http://bit.ly/johnhenrysmith
2 - Wikipedia, First Presidency (LDS Church), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)#Chronology_of_the_First_Presidency
3 - Larsen, Stan (editor), A Ministry of Meetings:The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson, Significant Mormon Diaries Series No. 6, A Rudger Clawson Chronology, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City 1993, http://bit.ly/rudgerclawson
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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