| Ezra Taft Benson Born: 4-Aug-1899
Birthplace: Whitney, ID
Died: 30-May-1994
Location of death: Salt Lake City, UT
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Whitney Cemetery, Whitney, ID
Gender: Male
Religion: Mormon
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Religion, Government Nationality: United States
Executive summary: President of the Mormon Church, 1985-94 Father: George Taft Benson, Jr.
Mother: Sarah S. Dunkley
Wife: Flora Smith Amussen (m. 10-Sep-1926, two sons, four daughters)
Son: Reed
Son: Mark
Daughter: Barbara
Daughter: Beverly
Daughter: Bonnie
Daughter: Flora Beth
High School: Oneida Academy, Preston, ID (1918)
University: Utah State Agricultural College (1918-21)
University: BS Animal Husbandry, Brigham Young University (1926)
University: MS Agricultural Economics, Iowa State College (1927)
University: Graduate study, University of California at Berkeley (1936)
Administrator: Trustee, Brigham Young University
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985-94)
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles President (1973-85)
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1943-85)
US Secretary of Agriculture (1953-61)
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Executive Secretary (1939)
American Marketing Association
Farm Economics Association
Ordained 7-Oct-1943
Religious Mission: Mormon England (1921)
Cholecystectomy (4-Dec-1959)
Risk Factors: Pacemaker
Author of books:
Farmers at the Crossroads (1956)
Freedom to Farm (1960)
Crossfire: The Eight Years with Eisenhower (1962)
The Red Carpet (1962)
Title of Liberty (1964)
An Enemy Hath Done This (1969)
God, Family, Country (1974)
The Constitution: A Heavenly Banner (1986)
The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson (1988)
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