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Heber Jeddy Grant (November 22, 1856 – May 14, 1945) was the seventh President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormonism). He was ordained an apostle on October 16, 1882, on the same day as George Teasdale. Grant served as Church President from 1918 to his death in 1945. Heber Jeddy Grant1 (more commonly known as Heber J. Grant) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Jedediah M. and Rachel Ridgeway Ivins Grant. Jedediah Grant had served as Brigham Young's counselor in the First Presidency of the LDS Church. However, he died nine days after Heber was born, and Rachel became the dominant influence in Heber's life. In business, Heber J. Grant helped develop the Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City. In 1884 he served a term as a representative to the Utah Territorial Legislature.
Heber J. Grant succeeded Joseph F. Smith as President of the Church in November 1918. However, he was not sustained in the position by the general church membership until June 1919, as the widespread influenza pandemic of 1918-1920 forced a delay of the traditional April LDS General conference. During his tenure as President, Grant enforced the 1890 Manifesto outlawing plural marriage throughout his tenure as president of the church, and gave inspired guidance as the church's social structure evolved away from its early days of plural marriages. One of his greatest legacies as Prophet and President of the Church is the welfare program of the Church, which was instituted by revelation in 1936. He said, "Our primary purpose was to set up, in so far as it might be possible, a system under which the curse of idleness would be done away with, the evils of a dole abolished, and independence, industry, thrift and self-respect be once more established amongst our people. The aim of the Church is to help the people help themselves." (ibid, p. xxiv) Heber J. Grant died in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Image:HeberJGrantLower.jpg Grave monument of Heber J. Grant. Works
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1His middle name was indeed "Jeddy", not "Jedediah", though his father, a Counselor in the First Presidency of Brigham Young, was Jedediah Morgan Grant.
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