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American Mormon leader (1898–1974)

Carl William Buehner (December 27, 1898 – November 11, 1974) was a German-American politician who was general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1952 to 1961 and was the Republican Party candidate for governor of Utah in the 1968 election.

Buehner was born in Stuttgart, Germany. As a child, his family emigrated to Salt Lake City, Utah. Buehner was a graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.

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Prior to his call as a general authority, Buehner served in the LDS Church as a bishop and stake president and was a member of the Church Welfare Committee. In 1952, he was called as second counselor to the church's Presiding BishopJoseph L. Wirthlin. He served in this capacity until 1961, when Wirthlin was succeeded by John H.

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Immediately following his release, Buehner was called as second assistant to Joseph T. Bentley in the general superintendency of the ch Carl W. Buehner - Mormonism, The Mormon Church, Beliefs ... HIG