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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American politician</div> <p><b>Lynn S. Richards</b> (February 3, 1901 – May 26, 2001) was a <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a> lawyer, politician, and a leader in <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a>. </p><p>Richards was born in <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a> to Irene Merrill and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_L_Richards" title="Stephen L Richards">Stephen L Richards</a>. He attended <a href="/wiki/LDS_High_School" title="LDS High School">LDS High School</a> and as a young man was a <a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary" title="Mormon missionary">missionary</a> in the Eastern States <a href="/wiki/Mission_(LDS_Church)" title="Mission (LDS Church)">Mission</a> of the LDS Church. Richards graduated from <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a> in 1925 and afterwards received a law degree from <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Law_School" title="Stanford Law School">Stanford Law School</a>. He practiced law in <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a> for 72 years (1929 to 2001). </p><p>Richards was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Senate" title="Utah State Senate">Utah State Senate</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> in 1942. He was a member of the Utah Board of Education for 15 years, including two years as its chairman. </p><p>In the LDS Church, Richards was a <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Bishop (Latter Day Saints)">bishop</a> in Salt Lake's University <a href="/wiki/Ward_(LDS_Church)" title="Ward (LDS Church)">Ward</a> and the Federal Heights Ward. In 1952, he was selected to be the Second Assistant to <a href="/wiki/George_R._Hill" title="George R. Hill">George R. Hill</a> in the general superintendency of the <a href="/wiki/Deseret_Sunday_School_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Deseret Sunday School Union">Deseret Sunday School Union</a>. In 1966, <a href="/wiki/David_Lawrence_McKay" title="David Lawrence McKay">David Lawrence McKay</a> succeeded Hill as general superintendent, and McKay selected Richards as his First Assistant. Richards served as First Assistant in the Sunday School until the superintendency was released in 1971. </p><p>Richards married Lucille Covey in 1924; they were the parents of six children. Richards lived to age 100 and died in Salt Lake City. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lynn_S._Richards&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kevin Cantera, "Community Leader Richards Celebrates His 100th Year", <i><a href="/wiki/The_Salt_Lake_Tribune" title="The Salt Lake Tribune">The Salt Lake Tribune</a></i>, February 4, 2001, p 2.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150108010726/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/882244/Obituary-Lynn-S-Richards.html?pg=all">"Obituary: Lynn S. Richards"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a></i>, May 29, 2001.</li> <li>Vicki Speek, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mormonstoday.com/010209/P2LRichards01.shtml">"Lynn Richards Honored with Hinckley Visit on 100th Birthday"</a>, mormonstoday.com, February 13, 2001.</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul 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Pinnock">Pinnock</a> (1989–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merlin_R._Lybbert" title="Merlin R. Lybbert">Lybbert</a> (1992–94)</li> <li>Didier (1994–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_G._Hillam" title="Harold G. Hillam">Hillam</a> (1995–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlin_K._Jensen" title="Marlin K. Jensen">Jensen</a> (2000–01)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_O._Samuelson" title="Cecil O. Samuelson">Samuelson</a> (2001–03)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrill_J._Bateman" title="Merrill J. Bateman">Bateman</a> (2003–04)</li> <li>Merrill (2004–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_T._Osguthorpe" title="Russell T. Osguthorpe">Osguthorpe</a> (2009–14)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tad_R._Callister" title="Tad R. Callister">Callister</a> (2014–19)</li> <li>Pace (2019–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First<br />Counselors/Assistants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Goddard_(Mormon)" title="George Goddard (Mormon)">Goddard</a> (1872–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_G._Maeser" title="Karl G. Maeser">Maeser</a> (1899–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Reynolds_(Mormon)" title="George Reynolds (Mormon)">G. Reynolds</a> (1901–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_O._McKay" title="David O. McKay">D.O. McKay</a> (1909–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_L_Richards" title="Stephen L Richards">S. Richards</a> (1918–34)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Bennion" title="Milton Bennion">Bennion</a> (1934–43)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_R._Hill" title="George R. Hill">Hill</a> (1943–49)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Hamer_Reiser" title="A. Hamer Reiser">Reiser</a> (1949–52)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lawrence_McKay" title="David Lawrence McKay">D.L. McKay</a> (1952–66)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">L. Richards</a> (1966–71)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Wirthlin" title="Joseph B. Wirthlin">Wirthlin</a> (1971–75)</li> <li>B. Poelman (1975–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_J._Christensen" title="Joe J. Christensen">J. Christensen</a> (1978–79)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_D._Oswald" title="William D. Oswald">Oswald</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_E._Poelman" title="Ronald E. Poelman">R. Poelman</a> (1979–81)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Hales" title="Robert D. Hales">Hales</a> (1981–85)</li> <li>Komatsu (1985–87)</li> <li>Harris (1987–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_A._Cuthbert" title="Derek A. Cuthbert">Cuthbert</a> (1989–91)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._Verlan_Andersen" title="H. Verlan Andersen">H. Andersen</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartman_Rector_Jr." title="Hartman Rector Jr.">Rector</a> (1991–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_L._Cutler" title="Clinton L. Cutler">Cutler</a> (1992–94)</li> <li>Washburn (1994–95)</li> <li>Howard (1995–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_L._Pace" title="Glenn L. Pace">Pace</a> (1997–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_L._Andersen" title="Neil L. Andersen">N. Andersen</a> (1998–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Groberg" title="John H. Groberg">Groberg</a> (2001–04)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_K_Judd" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel K Judd">Judd</a> (2004–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_M._McConkie" title="David M. McConkie">McConkie</a> (2009–14)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner_(Mormon)" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner (Mormon)">Tanner</a> (2014–15)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devin_Durrant" title="Devin Durrant">Durrant</a> (2015–19)</li> <li>Camargo (2019–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Second<br />Counselors/Assistants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton_Morgan" title="John Hamilton Morgan">Morgan</a> (1883–94)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_G._Maeser" title="Karl G. Maeser">Maeser</a> (1894–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Reynolds_(Mormon)" title="George Reynolds (Mormon)">G. Reynolds</a> (1899–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_M._Tanner" title="Joseph M. Tanner">Tanner</a> (1901–06)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_O._McKay" title="David O. McKay">D.O. McKay</a> (1907–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_L_Richards" title="Stephen L Richards">S. Richards</a> (1909–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_D._Pyper" title="George D. Pyper">Pyper</a> (1918–34)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_R._Hill" title="George R. Hill">Hill</a> (1934–43)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Hamer_Reiser" title="A. Hamer Reiser">Reiser</a> (1943–49)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lawrence_McKay" title="David Lawrence McKay">D.L. McKay</a> (1949–52)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">L. Richards</a> (1952–66)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royden_G._Derrick" title="Royden G. Derrick">Derrick</a> (1966–71)</li> <li>Warner (1971–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_J._Christensen" title="Joe J. Christensen">J. Christensen</a> (1975–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_D._Oswald" title="William D. Oswald">Oswald</a> (1978–79)</li> <li>Baird (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_H._Goaslind" title="Jack H. Goaslind">Goaslind</a> (1979–81)</li> <li>Paramore (1981–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loren_C._Dunn" title="Loren C. Dunn">Dunn</a> (1983–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_E._Poelman" title="Ronald E. Poelman">R. Poelman</a> (1985–86)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Theodore_Tuttle" title="A. Theodore Tuttle">Tuttle</a> (1986)</li> <li>Harris (1987)</li> <li>Sonntag (1987–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_A._Cuthbert" title="Derek A. Cuthbert">Cuthbert</a> (1988–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_E._Brewerton" title="Ted E. Brewerton">Brewerton</a> (1989–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._Verlan_Andersen" title="H. Verlan Andersen">H. Andersen</a> (1990–91)</li> <li>Craven (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_L._Cutler" title="Clinton L. Cutler">Cutler</a> (1991–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_E._Poelman" title="Ronald E. Poelman">R. Poelman</a> (1992–94)</li> <li>Howard (1994–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_L._Pace" title="Glenn L. Pace">Pace</a> (1995–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_L._Andersen" title="Neil L. Andersen">N. Andersen</a> (1997–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Groberg" title="John H. 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