175 years ago today - Dec 19, 1838

[Joseph Smith] John Taylor is ordained an apostle [by Brigham Young] as the first English-born General Authority and first non-U.S. member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles.

[Source: Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47, http://amzn.to/origins-power]

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