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CALLING In 1905 , two members of the quorum resigned after an argument over 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, Elder Marriner W. Merrill died, leaving three vacancies in the quorum. George F. Richards was called on April 8 , 1906 , and set apart the following day, along with Orson F. Whitney and David O. McKay at General Conference. PRESIDENT OF THE TWELVE With the death of President Heber J. Grant , Richards became the second-most senior apostle in the church and thus the President of the Quorum of the Twelve on May 21 , 1945 . DEATH After Richards' death at the age of 89, Delbert L. Stapley was called in the October General Conference of that year to fill the vacancy, and Elder David O. McKay became President of the Quorum. SEE ALSO
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