serve as second counselor in the First Presidency under church president Lorenzo Snow on October 6, 1901, but Snow died just four days later. In 1904, the town of Kingsville, Emery County, Utah, was renamed Clawson in his honor after he visited the town to organize a ward. That same year, Clawson secretly contracted a plural marriage with Pearl Udall, daughter of David King Udall and Eliza Stewart Udall. Because they married after then-church president Joseph F. Smith issued a manifesto expressly prohibiting plural marriage among Latter-day Saints, their relationship was a "clandestine marriage of secret meetings and long absences", and they never shared a home. After discussing their marriage across several rendezvous held in the three-month span of October 1912 to January 1913, Clawson "released her [Pearl Udall] from the marriage", and they ceased to live as spouses. Pearl Udall later married Joseph Nelson on September 17, 1919. In 1921, Clawson became the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He served in this position for 22 years, the second-longest tenure for this position in the history of the LDS Church. Death Clawson died from pneumonia at the age of 86 in Salt Lake City. He had served in the quorum for a total of 45 years. He was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery. See also The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Georgia (U.S. state) List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the United States Phrenology and the Latter Day Saint Movement Published works Notes References External resources Grampa Bill's GA Pages: Rudger Clawson 1857 births 1943 deaths 19th-century Mormon missionaries American Mormon missionaries in the United States American people convicted of bigamy American prisoners and detainees Apostles (LDS Church) Burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery Counselors in the First Presidency (LDS Church) Deaths from pneumonia in Utah Lynching survivors in the United States People from Salt Lake City Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church) Prisoners and detainees of the United States federal government Recipients of American presidential pardons American general authorities (LDS Church) Latter Day Saints from Utah