Harold B. Lee
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| 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | |
| July 7, 1972 – December 26, 1973 | |
| Predecessor | Joseph Fielding Smith |
| Successor | Spencer W. Kimball |
| President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| January 23, 1970 – July 7, 1972 | |
| End reason | Became President of the Church |
| First Counselor in the First Presidency | |
| January 23, 1970 – July 2, 1972 | |
| End reason | Dissolution of First Presidency on the death of Joseph Fielding Smith |
| Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| April 10, 1941 – January 23, 1970 | |
| End reason | Called as First Counselor in the First Presidency |
| LDS Church Apostle | |
| April 10, 1941 – December 26, 1973 | |
| Reason | Death of Reed Smoot |
| Reorganization at end of term |
L. Tom Perry ordained |
| Personal details | |
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Harold Bingham Lee March 28, 1899 Clifton, Idaho, United States |
| Died | December 26, 1973 (aged 74) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
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Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37.92″N 111°51′28.8″W / 40.7772000°N 111.858000°W |
| Spouse(s) | Fern Lucinda Tanner (1923–1962) (her death) Freda Joan Jensen (1963–1973) (his death) |
| Children | 2 |
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Harold Bingham Lee (March 28, 1899 – December 26, 1973) was an American religious leader and educator who served as the eleventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from July 1972 until his death in December 1973.
Lee was born in Clifton, Idaho to Samuel Lee and Louisa Emeline Bingham and was the second of six children. The Lee family lived the rural life and Lee and his siblings spent most of their youth doing farm chores. During his childhood, his mother saved him from several near-death experiences. When he was eight, he was sent to get a can of lye from the shelf and spilled the deadly product all over himself. His mother opened a vat of pickled beets and poured cup after cup of the red vinegar all over him, which neutralized the lye. When Harold was a teen, he punctured an artery on a broken bottle. His mother cleaned it, but it became badly infected. She burned a black stocking to ashes and rubbed it in the open wound and it soon healed.
Lee was fortunate to receive a good education. He finished eighth grade at a grammar school in Clifton and his parents allowed him to continue his education at Oneida Stake Academy in Preston, Idaho. The first few years, Lee focused on music and played the alto, French, and baritone horns. Later, he played basketball and was a reporter for the school newspaper. He graduated in the spring of 1916.
The summer following his graduation Lee worked to receive his teaching certificate from Albion State Normal School at Albion, Idaho. After two summers of study in 1916 and 1917, Lee passed the state's fifteen-subject test to receive his second- and third-class certificates.
Lee held his first teaching position in the fall of 1916. He taught a class of 25 students, grades one to eight, in Weston, Idaho. His salary was $60 a month. When he was eighteen, he became principal of a school in Oxford, Idaho.
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