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Members of The First Presidency and Quorum of The Twelve Apostles (1830-Present)

A timeline of members of the two uppermost leadership bodies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day... Show More

The First Presidency

1st Counselor Jesse Gause

03/08/1832 - 12/03/1832

PRESIDENT JOSEPH SMITH, JR.

03/08/1832

2nd Counselor Sidney Rigdon

12/03/1832 - 03/18/1833

1st Counselor Sidney Rigdon

03/18/1833 - 06/27/1844

2nd Counselor Frederick G. Williams

03/18/1833 - 11/07/1837

Assistant President Oliver Cowdery

12/05/1834 - 04/11/1838

Assistant Counselor Hyrum Smith

09/03/1837 - 11/07/1837

Assistant Counselor John Smith

09/03/1837 - 06/27/1844

Assistant Counselor Joseph Smith, Sr.

09/03/1837 - 09/14/1840

Assistant Counselor Oliver Cowdery

09/03/1837 - 04/11/1838

2nd Counselor Hyrum Smith

11/07/1837 - 01/24/1841

2nd Counselor William Law

01/24/1841 - 04/18/1844

Assistant President Hyrum Smith

01/24/1841 - 06/27/1844

Assistant President John C. Bennett

04/08/1841 - 05/25/1842

Counselor Amasa Lyman

02/04/1843 - 06/27/1844

NO FIRST PRESIDENCY

06/27/1844 - 12/27/1847

1st Counselor Heber C. Kimball

12/27/1847 - 06/22/1868

2nd Counselor Willard Richards

12/27/1847 - 03/11/1854

PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG

12/27/1847

2nd Counselor Jebediah M. Grant

04/07/1854 - 12/01/1856

2nd Counselor Daniel H. Wells

01/04/1857 - 08/29/1877

Counselor Joseph F. Smith

07/01/1866 - 08/29/1877

1st Counselor George A. Smith

10/07/1868 - 09/01/1875

Counselor Albert Carrington

04/08/1873 - 05/09/1874

Counselor Brigham Young, Jr.

04/08/1873 - 05/09/1874

Counselor George Q. Cannon

04/08/1873 - 05/09/1874

Counselor John Willard Young

04/08/1873 - 05/09/1874

Counselor Lorenzo Snow

04/08/1873 - 05/09/1874

Assistant Counselor Albert Carrington

05/09/1874 - 08/29/1877

Assistant Counselor Brigham Young, Jr.

05/09/1874 - 08/29/1877

Assistant Counselor George Q. Cannon

05/09/1874 - 08/29/1877

Assistant Counselor John Willard Young

05/09/1874 - 10/08/1876

Assistant Counselor Lorenzo Snow

05/09/1874 - 08/29/1877

1st Counselor John Willard Young

10/08/1876 - 08/29/1877

1st Counselor George Q. Cannon

10/10/1880 - 07/25/1887

2nd Counselor Joseph F. Smith

10/10/1880 - 07/25/1887

PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR

10/10/1880

1st Counselor George Q. Cannon

04/07/1889 - 09/02/1898

2nd Counselor Joseph F. Smith

04/07/1889 - 09/02/1898

PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF

04/07/1889

2nd Counselor Joseph F. Smith

03/13/1898 - 10/06/1901

1st Counselor George Q. Cannon

09/13/1898 - 04/21/1901

PRESIDENT LORENZO SNOW

09/13/1898

1st Counselor Joseph F. Smith

10/06/1901 - 10/10/1901

2nd Counselor Rudger Clawson

10/06/1901 - 10/10/1901

1st Counselor John R. Winder

10/17/1901 - 03/27/1910

2nd Counselor Anthon H. Lund

10/17/1901 - 04/07/1910

PRESIDENT JOSEPH F. SMITH

10/17/1901

1st Counselor Anthon H. Lund

04/07/1910 - 11/19/1918

2nd Counselor John Henry Smith

04/07/1910 - 10/13/1911

2nd Counselor Charles W. Penrose

12/07/1911 - 11/19/1918

1st Counselor Anthon H. Lund

11/23/1918 - 03/02/1921

2nd Counselor Charles W. Penrose

11/23/1918 - 03/02/1921

PRESIDENT HEBER J. GRANT

11/23/1918

1st Counselor Charles W. Penrose

03/10/1921 - 05/16/1925

2nd Counselor Anthony W. Ivins

03/10/1921 - 05/28/1925

1st Counselor Anthony W. Ivins

05/28/1925 - 11/23/1934

2nd Counselor Charles W. Nibley

05/28/1925 - 12/11/1931

2nd Counselor J. Reuben Clark, Jr.

04/06/1933 - 10/11/1934

1st Counselor J. Reuben Clark, Jr.

10/11/1934 - 05/14/1945

2nd Counselor David O. McKay

10/11/1934 - 05/14/1945

1st Counselor R. Reuben Clark, Jr.

05/21/1945 - 04/04/1951

2nd Counselor David O. McKay

05/21/1945 - 04/04/1951

PRESIDENT GEORGE ALBERT SMITH

05/21/1945

1st Counselor Stephen L. Richards

04/09/1951 - 05/19/1959

2nd Counselor J. Reuben Clark, Jr.

04/09/1951 - 06/12/1959

PRESIDENT DAVID O. MCKAY

04/09/1951

1st Counselor J. Reuben Clark, Jr.

06/12/1959 - 10/06/1961

2nd Counselor Henry D. Moyle

06/12/1959 - 10/12/1961

3rd Counselor Hugh B. Brown

06/22/1961 - 10/12/1961

1st Counselor Henry D. Moyle

10/12/1961 - 09/18/1963

2nd Counselor Hugh B. Brown

10/12/1961 - 10/04/1963

1st Counselor Hugh B. Brown

10/04/1963 - 01/18/1970

2nd Counselor N. Eldon Tanner

10/04/1963 - 01/18/1970

Counselor Thorbe B. Isaacson

10/28/1965 - 01/18/1970

Counselor Joseph Fielding Smith

10/29/1965 - 01/18/1970

Counselor Alvin R. Dyer

04/06/1968 - 01/18/1970

1st Counselor Harold B. Lee

01/23/1970 - 07/02/1972

2nd Counselor N. Eldon Tanner

01/23/1970 - 07/02/1972

PRESIDENT JOSEPH FIELDING SMITH

01/23/1970

2nd Counselor Marion G. Romney

07/07/1972 - 12/26/1973

First Counselor N. Eldon Tanner

07/07/1972 - 12/26/1973

PRESIDENT HAROLD B. LEE

07/07/1972

1st Counselor N. Eldon Tanner

12/30/1973 - 11/27/1982

PRESIDENT SPENCER W. KIMBALL

12/30/1973

Counselor Gordon B. Hinckley

07/23/1981 - 12/02/1982

1st Counselor Marion G. Romney

12/02/1982 - 11/05/1985

2nd Counselor Gordon B. Hinckley

12/02/1982 - 11/05/1985

1st Counselor Gordon B. Hinckley

11/10/1985 - 04/30/1994

2nd Counselor Thomas S. Monson

11/10/1985 - 05/30/1994

PRESIDENT EZRA TAFT BENSON

11/10/1985

1st Counselor Gordon B. Hinckley

06/05/1994 - 03/03/1995

2nd Counselor Thomas S. Monson

06/05/1994 - 03/03/1995

PRESIDENT HOWARD W. HUNTER

06/05/1994

1st Counselor Thomas S. Monson

03/12/1995 - 01/27/2008

2nd Counselor James E. Faust

03/12/1995 - 08/10/2007

PRESIDENT GORDON B. HINCKLEY

03/12/1995

2nd Counselor Henry B. Eyring

10/06/2007 - 01/27/2008

1st Counselor Henry B. Eyring

02/03/2008 - 12/31/2012

2nd Counselor Dieter F. Uchtdorf

02/03/2008 - 12/31/2012

PRESIDENT THOMAS S. MONSON

02/03/2008

The Quorum of The Twelve Apostles

Brigham Young

02/14/1835 - 12/27/1847

Heber C. Kimball

02/14/1835 - 12/27/1847

Lyman E. Johnson

02/14/1835 - 09/03/1837

David W. Patten

02/15/1835 - 10/25/1838

John F. Boynton

02/15/1835 - 12/03/1837

Luke S. Johnson

02/15/1835 - 09/03/1837

Orson Hyde

02/15/1835 - 05/04/1839

William E. McLellin

02/15/1835 - 05/11/1838

William Smith

02/15/1835 - 05/04/1839

Parley P. Pratt

02/21/1835 - 05/13/1857

Thomas B. Marsh

04/25/1835 - 03/17/1839

Orson Pratt

04/26/1835 - 08/20/1842

John E. Page

12/19/1838 - 06/27/1846

John Taylor

12/19/1838 - 10/10/1880

George A. Smith

04/26/1839 - 09/01/1875

Wilford Woodruff

04/26/1839 - 04/07/1889

William Smith

05/25/1839 - 10/06/1845

Orson Hyde

06/27/1839 - 01/11/1846

Willard Richards

04/14/1840 - 12/27/1847

Amasa Lyman

08/20/1842 - 10/06/1867

Orson Pratt

01/20/1843 - 10/03/1881

Lyman Wight

04/08/1845 - 12/03/1848

Ezra T. Benson

07/16/1846 - 09/03/1869

Charles C. Rich

02/12/1849 - 11/17/1883

Erastus Snow

02/12/1849 - 05/27/1888

Franklin D. Richards

02/12/1849 - 12/09/1899

Lorenzo Snow

02/12/1849 - 06/08/1873

George Q. Cannon

08/26/1860 - 06/08/1873

Brigham Young, Jr.

10/09/1868 - 06/08/1873

Albert Carrington

03/1870 - 06/08/1873

Albert Carrington

08/29/1877 - 11/07/1885

Joseph F. Smith

08/29/1877 - 10/10/1880

Moses Thatcher

04/09/1879 - 08/21/1896

Francis M. Lyman

10/27/1880 - 11/18/1916

John Henry Smith

10/27/1880 - 10/13/1911

George Teasdale

10/16/1882 - 06/09/1907

Heber J. Grant

10/16/1882 - 11/23/1918

John W. Taylor

04/09/1884 - 05/11/1905

Joseph F. Smith

07/25/1887 - 04/07/1889

Marriner W. Merrill

07/10/1889 - 02/06/1906

Abraham H. Cannon

10/07/1889 - 07/19/1896

Anthon H. Lund

10/07/1889 - 10/17/1901

Abraham O. Woodwruff

10/07/1896 - 06/20/1904

Matthias F. Cowley

10/07/1896 - 05/11/1911

Rudger Clawson

10/10/1898 - 06/21/1943

Reed Smoot

04/08/1900 - 02/09/1941

Joseph F. Smith

10/10/1901 - 10/17/1901

Hyrum M. Smith

10/24/1901 - 01/23/1918

George Albert Smith

10/08/1903 - 05/21/1945

Charles W. Penrose

07/07/1904 - 12/07/1911

David O. McKay

04/09/1906 - 10/11/1934

George F. Richards

04/09/1906 - 08/08/1950

Orson F. Whitney

04/09/1906 - 05/16/1931

Anthony W. Ivins

10/06/1907 - 03/10/1921

Joseph Fielding Smith

04/07/1910 - 01/23/1970

James E. Talmage

12/08/1911 - 07/27/1933

Stephen L. Richards

01/18/1917 - 04/09/1951

Richard R. Lyman

04/07/1918 - 11/12/1943

Melvin J. Ballard

01/07/1919 - 07/30/1939

John A. Widtsoe

03/17/1921 - 11/29/1952

Joseph F. Merrill

10/08/1931 - 02/03/1952

Charles A. Callis

10/12/1933 - 01/21/1947

Alonzo A. Hinckley

10/11/1934 - 12/22/1936

J. Reuben Clark, Jr.

10/11/1934 - 10/12/1934

Albert E. Bowen

04/08/1937 - 07/15/1953

Sylvester Q. Cannon

10/06/1939 - 05/29/1943

Harold B. Lee

04/10/1941 - 01/23/1970

Ezra Taft Benson

10/07/1943 - 11/10/1985

Spencer W. Kimball

10/07/1943 - 12/30/1973

Mark E. Petersen

04/20/1944 - 01/11/1984

J. Reuben Clark, Jr.

05/14/1945 - 05/21/1945

Metthew Cowley

10/11/1945 - 12/13/1953

Henry D. Moyle

04/10/1947 - 06/12/1959

Delpert L. Stapley

10/05/1950 - 08/19/1978

J. Reuben Clark, Jr.

04/04/1951 - 04/09/1951

Marion G. Romney

10/04/1951 - 07/07/1972

LeGrand Richards

04/06/1952 - 01/11/1983

Adam S. Bennion

04/09/1953 - 02/11/1958

Richard L. Evans

10/08/1953 - 11/01/1971

George Q. Morris

04/08/1954 - 04/23/1962

Hugh B. Brown

04/10/1958 - 06/22/1961

Howard W. Hunter

10/15/1959 - 06/05/1994

Gordon B. Hinckley

10/05/1961 - 12/02/1982

N. Eldon Tanner

10/11/1962 - 01/23/1970

Thomas S. Monson

10/04/1963 - 11/10/1985

Hugh B. Brown

01/18/1970 - 12/02/1975

Harold B. Lee

01/23/1970 - 07/07/1972

Boyd K. Packer

04/06/1970 - 12/31/2012

Marvin J. Ashton

12/02/1971 - 02/25/1994

Bruce R. McConkie

10/12/1972 - 04/19/1985

L. Tom Perry

04/06/1974 - 12/31/2012

David B. Haight

01/08/1976 - 07/31/2004

James E. Faust

10/01/1978 - 08/10/2007

Neal A. Maxwell

07/23/1981 - 07/21/2004

Dallin H. Oaks

03/03/1984 - 12/31/2012

Russell M. Nelson

04/12/1984 - 12/31/2012

M. Russell Ballard

10/06/1985 - 12/31/2012

Marion G. Romney

11/05/1985 - 05/20/1988

Joseph B. Wirthlin

10/09/1986 - 12/01/2008

RIchard G. Scott

10/06/1988 - 12/31/2012

Robert D. Hales

04/07/1994 - 12/31/2012

Jeffrey R. Holland

06/23/1994 - 12/31/2012

David A. Bednar

10/02/2004 - 12/31/2012

Quentin L. Cook

10/11/2007 - 12/31/2012

D. Todd Christofferson

04/05/2008 - 12/31/2012

Neil L. Andersen

04/09/2009 - 12/31/2012