Template:Latter Day Saint biography/Brigham Young
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| name = Brigham Young
| PD_image = Brigham Young by Charles William Carter.jpg
| caption = Brigham Young [[Circa|c.]] 1870
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf = yes|1801|06|01}}
| birth_place = [[Whitingham, Vermont]], United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf = yes|1877|08|29|1801|06|01}}
| death_place = [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah Territory]], United States
| death_cause = Ruptured appendix
| resting_place = [[Brigham Young Cemetery]]
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|40.7703|-111.8856|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Brigham Young Cemetery}}
| boards =
| spouse = See [[List of Brigham Young's wives]]<!-- Since number of spouses is disputed, leave this blank -->
| children = 56<ref name=byubio>{{citation |url= http://yfacts.byu.edu/Article?id=214 |title= Brigham Young Biography: Facts of Faith |work= Y Facts |publisher= BYU }}</ref>
| parents = John and Abigail Young
| awards =
| signature = Brigham Young Signature.svg
| signature_alt = Signature of Brigham Young
| website = [http://www.brighamyoung.org/ brighamyoung.org]
| portals = LDS
| footnotes =
| position_or_quorum1 = 2nd [[President of the Church (LDS Church)|President]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
| predecessor1 = [[Joseph Smith]]
| successor1 = [[John Taylor (Mormon)|John Taylor]]
| start_date1 = {{start date|mf = yes|1847|12|27}}
| end_date1 = {{end date|mf = yes|1877|08|29}}
| position_or_quorum2 = [[President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]
| start_date2 = {{start date|1840|04|14}}
| end_date2 = {{end date|mf = yes|1847|12|27}}
| predecessor2 = [[Thomas B. Marsh]]
| successor2 = [[Orson Hyde]]
| end_reason2 = Became President of the Church
| position_or_quorum3 = [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]
| called_by3 = [[Three Witnesses]]
| start_date3 = {{start date|mf = yes|1835|02|14}}
| end_date3 = {{end date|mf = yes|1847|12|27}}
| end_reason3 = Became President of the Church
| position_or_quorum4 = [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]] [[Apostle (Latter Day Saints)|Apostle]]
| called_by4 = Three Witnesses
| start_date4 = {{start date|mf = yes|1835|02|14}}
| ordination_reason4 = Initial organization of Quorum of the Twelve
| end_date4 = {{end date|mf = yes|1877|08|29}}
| reorganization4 = No apostles immediately ordained<ref>A year after Young's death, [[Orson Hyde]] died and [[Moses Thatcher]] was ordained an apostle. The [[First Presidency (LDS Church)|First Presidency]] was not reorganized until October 10, 1880, after which [[Francis M. Lyman]] and [[John Henry Smith]] were ordained. [[Orson Pratt]] died in 1881, and the Quorum of the Twelve did not have twelve members again until October 16, 1882, when [[George Teasdale]] and [[Heber J. Grant]] were ordained.</ref>
| political_office1 = [[List of Governors of Utah|Governor of Utah Territory]]
| term_start1 = February 3, 1851
| term_end1 = April 12, 1858
| office_successor1 = [[Alfred Cumming (governor)|Alfred Cumming]]
| list_notes = Succeeded Smith as leader of the LDS Church. Was also [[List of Governors of Utah|Governor of Utah Territory]] from February 3, 1851 to April 12, 1858.
| poly_date = April 5, 1841<ref name="Nauvoo Roots">{{harvnb|Smith|1994|p=16}}</ref>
| poly_wives = 55
| poly_notes = Is probably the most famous Latter Day Saint polygamist with 55 wives.
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