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prophet4 (number of apostles called during the tenure of each prophet ** )

                                       Number of apostles called during the tenure of each prophet,

                                listed chronologically and by number of apostles called


                                                                                       Listed chronologically

 

                             Years       Apostles      Apostles
      Prophet            as president     called     still living     Names of apostles called

  Joseph Smith           1830 - 1844        22            0          Joseph Smith to Amasa Lyman
  Brigham Young          1847 - 1877        13            0          Ezra T Benson to Albert Carrington
  John Taylor            1880 - 1887         6            0          Moses Thatcher to John W Taylor
  Wilford Woodruff       1889 - 1898         5            0          Marriner W Merrill to Abraham O Woodruff
  Lorenzo Snow           1898 - 1901         2            0          Rudger Clawson to Reed Smoot
  Joseph F Smith         1901 - 1918        11            0          Hyrum Mack Smith to Richard R Lyman
  Heber J Grant          1918 - 1945        12            0          Melvin J Ballard to Mark E Peterson
  George Albert Smith    1945 - 1951         3            0          Matthew Cowley to Delbert L Stapley
  David O McKay          1951 - 1970        11            0          Marion  G Romney to Alvin R Dyer
  Joseph Fielding Smith  1970 - 1972         2            0          Boyd K Packer to Marvin J Ashton
  Harold B Lee           1972 - 1973         1            0          Bruce R McConkie
  Spencer W Kimball      1973 - 1985         7            2          L Tom Perry to M Russell Ballard
  Ezra Taft Benson       1985 - 1994         3            0          Joseph B Wirthlin to Robert D Hales
  Howard W Hunter        1994 - 1995         1            1          Jeffrey R Holland
  Gordon B Hinckley      1995 - 2008         4            4          Henry B Eyring to Quentin L Cook
  Thomas S Monson        2008 - 2018         5            5          D Todd Christofferson to Dale G Renlund
  Russell M Nelson       2018 - prsnt        3            3          Gerrit W Gong to Patrick Kearon
                                           -----         ----

                                                                                                 111           15

 

                                                                           Listed by number of apostles called

                               Years       Apostles      Apostles
      Prophet              as president     called     still living     Names of apostles called
  Joseph Smith             1830 - 1844        22            0          Joseph Smith to Amasa Lyman
  Brigham Young            1847 - 1877        13            0          Ezra T Benson to Albert Carrington
  Heber J Grant            1918 - 1945        12            0          Melvin J Ballard to Mark E Peterson
  Joseph F Smith           1901 - 1918        11            0          Hyrum Mack Smith to Richard R Lyman
  David O McKay            1951 - 1970        11            0          Marion G Romney to Alvin R Dyer
  Spencer W Kimball        1973 - 1985         7            2          L Tom Perry to M Russell Ballard
  John Taylor              1880 - 1887         6            0          Moses Thatcher to John W Taylor
  Wilford Woodruff         1889 - 1898         5            0          Marriner W Merrill to Abraham O Woodruff
  Thomas S Monson          2008 - 2018         5            5          D Todd Christofferson to Dale G Renlund     
  Gordon B Hinckley        1995 - 2008         4            4          Henry B Eyring to Quentin L Cook          
  George Albert Smith      1945 - 1951         3            0          Matthew Cowley to Delbert L Stapley
  Ezra Taft Benson         1985 - 1994         3            0          Joseph B Wirthlin to Robert D Hales
  Russell M Nelson         2018 - prsnt        3            3          Gerrit W Gong to Patrick Kearon
  Lorenzo Snow             1898 - 1901         2            0          Rudger Clawson to Reed Smoot
  Joseph Fielding Smith    1970 - 1972         2            0          Boyd K Packer to Marvin J Ashton
  Harold B Lee             1972 - 1973         1            0          Bruce R McConkie
  Howard W Hunter          1994 - 1995         1            1          Jeffrey R Holland
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