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Born on a farm in Whitney, Idaho , he was the oldest of 11 children. A 1926 graduate of Brigham Young University (after serving a church mission in Britain from 1921- 23), he pursued careers in both agriculture and church leadership.

In 1939, when he was (unpaid) president of the church's Boise, IdahoBoise is the capital and largest city of Idaho, a U. state of the United States of America. As of the 2000 census, it has a population of 185,787. It is the county seat of Ada County. Boise's elevation is 2,842 feet. History The name, "Boise" comes from a stakeIn The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a stake is an administrative unit composed of a number of congregations ( wards or a branches). A stake must be composed of at least three wards, and up to a total of ten congregations. Most stakes are c and working for the University of IdahoThe University of Idaho is a land-grant university formed by the Territorial Legislature of Idaho in 1889, located in Moscow, Idaho. The university opened its doors on October 3, 1892 with an initial class of 40 students. The first graduating class in 189 Extension Service, he moved to Washington, D.C. to become Executive Secretary of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives , and became founding president of the new LDS Church stake there.

On October 7October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). There are 85 days remaining. Events 3761 BCE The epoch of the modern Hebrew calendar. 1513 Battle of La Motta Spanish troops under Ramon de Cardona defeat the Venetians. 1571 Battle of Lepanto 19431943 is the common year starting on Friday. Events January January 4 End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Earl Warren. January 11 The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. January 1 both he and Spencer W. KimballSpencer Woolley Kimball ( March 28, 1895- November 5, 1985) headed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints from 1973 until his death. His grandfather, Heber C. Kimball, was one of the original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and then First Counselor ( 1895Events January events January 5 Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. February events February 14 First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnes- 1985) were ordained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, filling two vacancies created by the death of Apostles that summer. As succession to the presidency of the Church is strictly by seniority among the Twelve, the few minutes separating Kimball's and Benson's ordinations by President Heber J. Grant resulted in Benson becoming Church President a dozen years later than he would have had he been ordained first.

In 1953 Benson was appointed United States Secretary of Agriculture by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and accepted this position with the permission of Church President David O. McKay. He retained his United States Cabinet place throughout the two terms of the Eisenhower Administration without yielding his position in the Quorum of the Twelve. In office, he was criticized for his opposition to government price supports and such aid to farmers. Upon starting his service in this office, he suggested starting each cabinet meeting with a prayer. President Eisenhower agreed to the suggestion and kept the prayer as the opening event to every cabinet meeting during his administration.

Benson succeeded Kimball as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1973, and as President of the Church in 1985. Known for his political conservatism, he was comparatively moderate once he attained the church's highest office. During his early years as Church President he brought a renewed emphasis on the distribution and reading of The Book of Mormon, reaffirming the LDS scripture's importance as "the keystone of [the Mormon] religion."

In the 1990s he dropped from sight for years before his death. First Counselor Gordon B. Hinckley was popularly viewed as acting president of the church during Benson's later years, as he had been as Second Counselor in Kimball's last years.

Benson was buried in Whitney, Idaho.

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