Floyd Marion McDowell (26 March 1889 – 27 October 1964) was an American leader in theReorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church). McDowell was a member of the church'sFirst Presidency from 1922 to 1938.
McDowell was born inExcelsior,Wisconsin. He attendedGraceland College from 1907 to 1909, and he later received degrees fromIowa State University (BA, 1911),Clark University (MA, 1914), andUniversity of Iowa (Ph.D., 1918). He lived most of his life inLamoni,Iowa, where the RLDS Church headquarters were located.
On 2 October 1922, McDowell was selected as a counselor toRLDS Church presidentFrederick M. Smith in the church's First Presidency.[1] In April 1938, McDowell's fellow counselorElbert A. Smith was released;[2] later that year, McDowell resigned as a member of the First Presidency. Frederick Smith selectedIsrael A. Smith andLemuel F. P. Curry to succeed Elbert Smith and McDowell.
After his resignation, McDowell became the RLDS Church's Director of Priesthood Education, a position he held until 1954, when he became apatriarch in the church. From 1922 to 1952, McDowell was also a member of the Board of Trustees of Graceland College.
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