Oscar W. McConkie, Jr.

Oscar Walter McConkie Jr. (born May 26, 1926) is an American politician and attorney in Utah and leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was the president of the Utah State Senate from 1965 to 1966 and is currently the chairman of the law firm of Kirton and McConkie. He has authored several popular books on LDS subjects.

McConkie was born in Monticello, Utah, to Oscar W. McConkie and Margaret Vivian Redd. He grew up primarily in Salt Lake City, but, as a toddler he lived in Ann Arbor, where his father was completing a law degree at the University of Michigan. Oscar, Sr., was a State District Court judge for many years and was the Democratic candidate for Governor of Utah in 1960. Oscar, Jr.'s older brother, Bruce R. McConkie, became a prominent general authority and author in the LDS Church.

Oscar Jr. studied at the University of New Mexico from 1944 to 1946, where he also played football. He then went to the University of Utah, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1949 in political science and a juris doctorate in 1952. McConkie married Judith Stoddard in the Salt Lake Temple in 1951. They are the parents of eight children.

McConkie has served in various LDS Church callings, including as bishop,stake president,mission president in Arizona, and regional representative.

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