Thomas E. McKay

Thomas E. McKay

__NOTOC__Thomas Evans McKay (October 29, 1875 – January 15, 1958) was a Utah politician and farmer and was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1941 until his death.

McKay was born in Huntsville, Utah Territory, the son of David McKay and Jennette Evans. McKay's older brother was David O. McKay, who would become the ninth president of the LDS Church.

After graduating from the University of Utah in 1899, McKay traveled to Switzerland and Germany as an LDS Church missionary. During his mission, he was president of the Frankfurt Conference of the church for three months.

After returning to Utah, McKay taught at the Weber Academy and the Agricultural College of Utah. Later he became the superintendent of the Weber County schools.

From 1909 to 1912, McKay returned to Europe as the president of the church's Swiss–German Mission. He also was the mission president of the Swiss–Austrian Mission from 1927 until the Anschluss in 1938. During the Second World War, Young was, in theory, the mission president over all German-speaking areas of Europe, but McKay resided in Salt Lake City at the time.

In 1918, McKay was elected to the Utah House of Representatives as the representative for Weber County. He served one term, in the 13th Utah State Legislature which met from 1919 to 1921.

Prior to his call as a general authority, McKay was a president of the Ogden Stake of the church. In 1941, he became one of the first five men appointed to the newly-created position of Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. In 1951, he witnessed his brother's promotion to the presidency of the church. Thomas E. McKay served as an Assistant to the Twelve until his death in Salt Lake City at the age of 82.

McKay was married to Fawn Brimhall and was the father of five children. [Their children were: Flora (McKay) Jensen Crawford, Fawn (McKay) Brodie, Thomas Brimhall McKay, Barbara (McKay) Smith, and Louise (McKay) Card.] McKay's daughter, Fawn M. Brodie, was a biographer and professor of history at UCLA who was eventually excommunicated for portraying Joseph Smith, Jr. as a fraudulent genius in her 1945 work "No Man Knows My History".

ee also

*Marion G. Romney
*Nicholas G. Smith

References

*Andrew Jenson, "LDS Biographical Encyclopedia"
*"Encyclopedia of Mormonism"

External links

* [http://gapages.com/mckayte1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Thomas E. McKay]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Thomas J. McKay — Thomas McKay is an American philosopher currently based at Syracuse University. His work has primarily concerned the philosophy of logic and language. In 2006, he published Plural Predicates , in which he gives an account of a semantics for a… …   Wikipedia

  • McKay — or MacKay is a surname and may refer to: Contents: Top · 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Adam McKay Æneas Mackay (1839–1909), Prime Minister of the Netherlands, m …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas McKay (disambiguation) — Thomas McKay may refer to:*Thomas McKay (1792–1855), Scottish born Canadian businessman and co founder of Ottawa, Ontario *Thomas McKay (fur trader) (1797 1849), Canadian fur trader and early settler of Oregon *Thomas McKay (Canadian politician)… …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas Evans — Thomas or Tom Evans may refer to:*Thomas Evans (soldier) (1777 1863), British Army General *Thomas Evans (congressman) (1755 1815), American politician, U.S. Congressman from Virginia *Tom Evans (baseball), major league baseball player *Tom Evans …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas McKay (fur trader) — Thomas McKay (1796 ndash; 1849) was a Anglo Métis Canadian fur trader who worked mainly in the Pacific Northwest for the Pacific Fur Company (PFC), the North West Company (NWC), and the Hudson s Bay Company (HBC). He was a fur brigade leader and… …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas McKay — [He spelt his surname McKay but, for unknown reasons, most things named in his honour use MacKay , instead.] (September 1, 1792 – October 9, 1855) was a Canadian businessman who was one of the founders of the city of Ottawa, Ontario. He was born… …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas Lawson McCall — (* 22. März 1913 in Egypt, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; † 8. Januar 1983 in Portland, Oregon) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker und von 1967 bis 1975 der 30. Gouverneur von Oregon. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Frühe Jahre …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Thomas B. Marsh — edit data President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas M. T. McKennan — Thomas McKennan Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (* 31. März 1794 in New Castle, Delaware; † 9. Juli 1852 in Reading, Pennsylvania) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker der …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan — Thomas McKennan Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (* 31. März 1794 in New Castle, Delaware; † 9. Juli 1852 in Reading, Pennsylvania) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker der …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”