Age differences between consecutive apostles
In the first section listed below are the largest age differences between two consecutively-ordained apostles. In this first section, the most-senior apostle is listed first. The ages in parentheses are the ages of the respective apostles when the second-listed apostle was ordained. In the following, or second, section will be found the age differences between all of our apostles, listed as they chronologically were ordained to the apostleship.
Apostles and their ages Date of ordination Age difference when 2nd apostle ordained of 2nd apostle 1. George Albert Smith (34 yr 03 mo) 07 Jul 1904 38 years 02 months Charles W Penrose (72 yr 05 mo) 2. Richard L Evans (48 yr 00 mo) 08 Apr 1954 32 years 02 months George Q Morris (80 yr 02 mo) 3. Nathan Eldon Tanner (65 yr 05 mo) 10 Oct 1963 29 years 03 months Thomas S Monson (36 yr 02 mo) 4. Albert Carrington (66 yr 03 mo) 09 Apr 1879 29 years 01 month Moses Thatcher (37 yr 02 mo) 5. Charles W Penrose (74 yr 02 mo) 09 Apr 1906 29 years 01 months George F Richards (45 yr 02 mo) 6. Joseph F Smith (31 yr 07 mo) 03 Jul 1870 25 years 11 months Albert Carrington (57 yr 06 mo) 7. John W Taylor (31 yr 05 mo) 07 Oct 1889 25 years 08 months Marriner W Merrill (57 yr 00 mo) 8. George Teasdale (50 yr 09 mo) 16 Oct 1882 24 years 11 months Heber J Grant (25 yr 11 mo) 9. Thomas S Monson (36 yr 02 mo) 05 Oct 1967 24 years 08 months Alvin R Dyer (64 yr 09 mo) 10. Hugh B Brown (76 yr 00 mo) 15 Oct 1959 24 years 01 months Howard W Hunter (51 yr 11 mo) 11. Anthony W Ivins (57 yr 07 mo) 07 Apr 1910 23 years 10 months Joseph Fldg Smith (33 yr 09 mo) 12. Sylvester Q Cannon (63 yr 10 mo) 10 Apr 1941 21 years 10 months Harold B Lee (42 yr 00 mo) 13. Alvin R Dyer (64 yr 09 mo) 09 Apr 1970 20 years 08 months Boyd K Packer (45 yr 07 mo) 14. David O McKay (34 yr 01 mo) 06 Oct 1907 21 years 00 months Anthony W Ivins (55 yr 01 mo)
Interesting note: As can be seen above, Charles W. Penrose, Albert Carrington, and Anthony W. Ivins had two much younger apostles on either side of them, as pertaining to seniority.
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Age differences between apostles as they were chronologically ordained to the apostleship. A negative sign (-) indicates that the particular apostle was younger than the preceding apostle. A plus sign (+) indicates that he was older than the preceding apostle. Date of Age when Age difference with Apostle Birthdate apostle ordination ordained apostle preceding apostle 001. Joseph Smith 23 Dec 1805 -- May 1829 23 yrs 05 mon -- yrs -- mon 002. Oliver Cowdery 03 Oct 1806 -- May 1829 22 yrs 08 mon 00 yrs 09 mon (-) 003. Brigham Young 01 Jun 1801 14 Feb 1835 33 yrs 08 mon 05 yrs 04 mon (+) 004. Heber C Kimball 14 Jun 1801 14 Feb 1835 33 yrs 08 mon 00 yrs 00 mon (-) 005. Lyman E Johnson 24 Oct 1811 14 Feb 1835 23 yrs 04 mon 10 yrs 04 mon (-) 006. David W Patten 14 Nov 1799 15 Feb 1835 35 yrs 03 mon 01 yrs 07 mon (+) 007. Orson Hyde 08 Jan 1805 15 Feb 1835 30 yrs 01 mon 05 yrs 02 mon (-) 008. William M'Lellin 18 Jan 1806 15 Feb 1835 29 yrs 01 mon 01 yrs 00 mon (-) 009. Luke S Johnson 03 Nov 1807 15 Feb 1835 27 yrs 03 mon 01 yrs 10 mon (-) 010. William B Smith 13 Mar 1811 15 Feb 1835 23 yrs 11 mon 03 yrs 04 mon (-) 011. John F Boynton 20 Sep 1811 15 Feb 1835 23 yrs 05 mon 00 yrs 06 mon (-) 012. Parley P Pratt 12 Apr 1807 21 Feb 1835 27 yrs 10 mon 03 yrs 11 mon (+) 013. Thomas B Marsh 01 Nov 1800 25 Apr 1835 35 yrs 05 mon 06 yrs 06 mon (+) 014. Orson Pratt 19 Sep 1811 26 Apr 1835 23 yrs 07 mon 10 yrs 10 mon (-) 015. Hyrum Smith 09 Feb 1800 07 Nov 1837 37 yrs 09 mon 11 yrs 07 mon (+) 016. John E Page 25 Feb 1799 19 Dec 1838 39 yrs 10 mon 01 yrs 01 mon (+) 017. John Taylor 01 Nov 1808 19 Dec 1838 30 yrs 01 mon 09 yrs 08 mon (-) 018. Wilford Woodruff 01 Mar 1807 26 Apr 1839 32 yrs 02 mon 01 yrs 08 mon (+) 019. George A Smith 26 Jun 1817 26 Apr 1839 21 yrs 10 mon 10 yrs 04 mon (-) 020. Willard Richards 24 Jun 1804 14 Apr 1840 35 yrs 10 mon 13 yrs 00 mon (+) 021. Lyman Wight 09 May 1796 08 Apr 1841 44 yrs 11 mon 08 yrs 02 mon (+) 022. Amasa Lyman 30 Mar 1813 20 Aug 1842 29 yrs 05 mon 17 yrs 01 mon (-) 023. Ezra T Benson 22 Feb 1811 16 Jul 1846 35 yrs 05 mon 02 yrs 01 mon (+) 024. Charles C Rich 21 Aug 1809 12 Feb 1849 39 yrs 06 mon 01 yrs 06 mon (+) 025. Lorenzo Snow 03 Apr 1814 12 Feb 1849 34 yrs 10 mon 03 yrs 07 mon (-) 026. Erastus Snow 09 Nov 1818 12 Feb 1849 30 yrs 03 mon 04 yrs 08 mon (-) 027. Franklin Richards 02 Apr 1821 12 Feb 1849 27 yrs 10 mon 02 yrs 05 mon (-) 028. Jedediah M Grant 21 Feb 1816 07 Apr 1854 38 yrs 02 mon 05 yrs 01 mon (+) 029. Daniel H Wells 27 Oct 1814 04 Jan 1857 42 yrs 02 mon 01 yrs 04 mon (+) 030. George Q Cannon 11 Jan 1827 20 Aug 1860 33 yrs 06 mon 12 yrs 03 mon (-) 031. Joseph A Young 14 Oct 1834 04 Feb 1864 29 yrs 04 mon 07 yrs 09 mon (-) 032. Brigham Young, Jr 18 Dec 1836 04 Feb 1864 27 yrs 02 mon 02 yrs 02 mon (-) 033. John W Young 01 Oct 1844 04 Feb 1864 19 yrs 04 mon 07 yrs 10 mon (-) 034. Joseph F Smith 13 Nov 1838 01 Jul 1866 27 yrs 07 mon 05 yrs 11 mon (+) 035. Albert Carrington 08 Jan 1813 03 Jul 1870 57 yrs 06 mon 25 yrs 10 mon (+) #06 036. Moses Thatcher 02 Feb 1842 09 Apr 1879 37 yrs 02 mon 29 yrs 01 mon (-) #04 037. Francis M Lyman 12 Jan 1840 27 Oct 1880 40 yrs 09 mon 02 yrs 01 mon (+) 038. John Henry Smith 18 Sep 1848 27 Oct 1880 32 yrs 01 mon 08 yrs 08 mon (-) 039. George Teasdale 08 Dec 1831 16 Oct 1882 50 yrs 10 mon 16 yrs 03 mon (+) 040. Heber J Grant 22 Nov 1856 16 Oct 1882 25 yrs 11 mon 24 yrs 11 mon (-) #08 041. John W Taylor 15 May 1858 09 Apr 1884 25 yrs 11 mon 01 yrs 06 mon (-) 042. Marriner W Merrill 25 Sep 1832 07 Oct 1889 57 yrs 00 mon 25 yrs 08 mon (+) #07 043. Anthon H Lund 15 May 1844 07 Oct 1889 45 yrs 05 mon 11 yrs 08 mon (-) 044. Abraham H Cannon 12 Mar 1859 07 Oct 1889 30 yrs 07 mon 15 yrs 00 mon (-) 045. Matthias F Cowley 25 Aug 1858 07 Oct 1897 39 yrs 01 mon 00 yrs 07 mon (+) 046. Abraham O Woodruff 23 Nov 1872 07 Oct 1897 24 yrs 10 mon 14 yrs 03 mon (-) 047. Rudger Clawson 12 Mar 1857 10 Oct 1998 41 yrs 07 mon 15 yrs 08 mon (+) 048. Reed Smoot 10 Jan 1862 08 Apr 1900 38 yrs 03 mon 04 yrs 10 mon (-) 049. Hyrum Mack Smith 21 Mar 1872 24 Oct 1901 29 yrs 07 mon 10 yrs 02 mon (-) 050. George Albert Smith 04 Apr 1870 08 Oct 1903 33 yrs 06 mon 01 yrs 11 mon (+) 051. Charles W Penrose 04 Feb 1832 07 Jul 1904 72 yrs 05 mon 38 yrs 02 mon (+) #01 052. George F Richards 23 Feb 1861 09 Apr 1906 45 yrs 02 mon 29 yrs 01 mon (-) #05 053. Orson F Whitney 01 Jul 1855 09 Apr 1906 50 yrs 09 mon 05 yrs 08 mon (+) 054. David O McKay 08 Sep 1873 09 Apr 1906 32 yrs 07 mon 18 yrs 02 mon (-) 055. Anthony W Ivins 16 Sep 1852 06 Oct 1907 55 yrs 01 mon 21 yrs 00 mon (+) #14 056. Joseph Fielding Smith 19 Jul 1876 07 Apr 1910 33 yrs 09 mon 23 yrs 10 mon (-) #11 057. James E Talmage 21 Sep 1862 08 Dec 1911 49 yrs 03 mon 13 yrs 10 mon (+) 058. Stephen L Richards 18 Jun 1879 18 Jan 1917 37 yrs 07 mon 16 yrs 09 mon (-) 059. Richard R Lyman 23 Nov 1870 07 Apr 1918 47 yrs 06 mon 08 yrs 07 mon (+) 060. Melvin J Ballard 09 Feb 1873 07 Jan 1919 45 yrs 11 mon 02 yrs 03 mon (-) 061. John A Widtsoe 31 Jan 1872 17 Mar 1921 49 yrs 02 mon 01 yr 01 mon (+) 062. Joseph F Merrill 24 Aug 1868 08 Oct 1931 63 yrs 02 mon 03 yrs 05 mon (+) 063. Charles A Callis 04 May 1865 12 Oct 1933 68 yrs 05 mon 03 yrs 04 mon (+) 064. J Reuben Clark 01 Sep 1871 11 Oct 1934 63 yrs 01 mon 06 yrs 04 mon (-) 065. Alonzo A Hinckley 23 Apr 1870 11 Oct 1934 64 yrs 06 mon 01 yr 04 mon (+) 066. Albert E Bowen 31 Oct 1875 08 Apr 1937 61 yrs 05 mon 05 yrs 06 mon (-) 067. Sylvester Q Cannon 10 Jun 1877 14 Apr 1938 60 yrs 10 mon 01 yr 07 mon (-) 068. Harold B Lee 28 Mar 1899 10 Apr 1941 42 yrs 00 mon 21 yrs 10 mon (-) #12 069. Spencer W Kimball 28 Mar 1895 07 Oct 1943 48 yrs 06 mon 04 yrs 00 mon (+) 070. Ezra Taft Benson 04 Aug 1899 07 Oct 1943 44 yrs 02 mon 04 yrs 04 mon (-) 071. Mark E Peterson 07 Nov 1900 20 Apr 1944 43 yrs 05 mon 01 yr 03 mon (-) 072. Matthew Cowley 02 Aug 1897 11 Oct 1945 48 yrs 02 mon 03 yrs 03 mon (+) 073. Henry D Moyle 22 Apr 1889 10 Apr 1947 58 yrs 00 mon 08 yrs 03 mon (+) 074. Delbert L Stapley 11 Dec 1896 05 Oct 1950 53 yrs 10 mon 07 yrs 08 mon (-) 075. Marion G Romney 19 Sep 1897 11 Oct 1951 54 yrs 01 mon 00 yrs 09 mon (-) 076. LeGrand Richards 06 Feb 1886 10 Apr 1952 66 yrs 02 mon 11 yrs 07 mon (+) 077. Adam S Bennion 02 Dec 1886 09 Apr 1953 66 yrs 04 mon 00 yrs 10 mon (-) 078. Richard L Evans 23 Mar 1906 08 Oct 1953 47 yrs 06 mon 19 yrs 04 mon (-) 079. George Q Morris 20 Feb 1874 08 Apr 1954 80 yrs 02 mon 32 yrs 02 mon (+) #02 080. Hugh B Brown 24 Oct 1883 10 Apr 1958 74 yrs 06 mon 09 yrs 08 mon (-) 081. Howard W Hunter 14 Nov 1907 15 Oct 1959 51 yrs 11 mon 24 yrs 01 mon (-) #10 082. Gordon B Hinckley 23 Jun 1910 05 Oct 1961 51 yrs 03 mon 02 yrs 07 mon (-) 083. N Eldon Tanner 09 May 1898 11 Oct 1962 64 yrs 05 mon 12 yrs 01 mon (+) 084. Thomas S Monson 21 Aug 1927 10 Oct 1963 36 yrs 02 mon 29 yrs 03 mon (-) #03 085. Alvin R Dyer 01 Jan 1903 05 Oct 1967 64 yrs 09 mon 24 yrs 08 mon (+) #09 086. Boyd K Packer 10 Sep 1924 09 Apr 1970 45 yrs 07 mon 21 yrs 08 mon (-) #13 087. Marvin J Ashton 06 May 1915 02 Dec 1971 56 yrs 07 mon 09 yrs 04 mon (+) 088. Bruce R McConkie 29 Jul 1915 12 Oct 1972 57 yrs 02 mon 00 yrs 03 mon (-) 089. L Tom Perry 05 Aug 1922 06 Apr 1974 51 yrs 08 mon 07 yrs 00 mon (-) 090. David B Haight 02 Sep 1906 08 Jan 1976 69 yrs 04 mon 15 yrs 11 mon (+) 091. James E Faust 31 Jul 1920 01 Oct 1978 58 yrs 02 mon 13 yrs 11 mon (-) 092. Neal A Maxwell 06 Jul 1926 23 Jul 1981 55 yrs 01 mon 05 yrs 11 mon (-) 093. Russell M Nelson 09 Sep 1924 12 Apr 1984 59 yrs 07 mon 01 yr 10 mon (+) 094. Dallin H Oaks 12 Aug 1932 03 May 1984 51 yrs 09 mon 07 yrs 11 mon (-) 095. M Russell Ballard 08 Oct 1928 10 Oct 1985 57 yrs 00 mon 03 yrs 10 mon (+) 096. Joseph B Wirthlin 11 Jun 1917 09 Oct 1986 69 yrs 04 mon 11 yrs 04 mon (+) 097. Richard G Scott 07 Nov 1928 06 Oct 1988 59 yrs 11 mon 11 yrs 05 mon (-) 098. Robert D Hales 24 Aug 1932 07 Apr 1994 61 yrs 07 mon 03 yrs 09 mon (-) 099. Jeffrey R Holland 03 Dec 1940 23 Jun 1994 53 yrs 07 mon 08 yrs 03 mon (-) 100. Henry B Eyring 31 May 1933 06 Apr 1995 61 yrs 10 mon 07 yrs 06 mon (+) 101. Dieter F Uchtdorf 06 Nov 1940 02 Oct 2004 63 yrs 11 mon 07 yrs 05 mon (-) 102. David A Bednar 15 Jun 1952 02 Oct 2004 52 yrs 03 mon 11 yrs 06 mon (-) 103. Quentin L Cook 08 Sep 1940 06 Oct 2007 67 yrs 01 mon 11 yrs 09 mon (+) 104. D Todd Christoffersen 24 Jan 1945 05 Apr 2008 63 yrs 02 mon 04 yrs 05 mon (-) 105. Neil L Andersen 09 Aug 1951 04 Apr 2009 57 yrs 08 mon 06 yrs 07 mon (-) 106. Ronald A Rasband 06 Feb 1951 03 Oct 2015 64 yrs 08 mon 00 yr 06 mon (+) 107. Gary E Stevenson 06 Aug 1955 03 Oct 2015 60 yrs 02 mon 04 yrs 06 mon (-) 108. Dale G Renlund 13 Nov 1952 03 Oct 2015 62 yrs 11 mon 02 yrs 09 mon (+) 109. Gerrit W Gong 23 Dec 1953 31 Mar 2018 64 yrs 03 mon 01 yr 01 mon (-) 110. Ulisses Soares 18 Mar 1958 31 Mar 2018 60 yrs 00 mon 04 yrs 03 mon (-) 111. Patrick Kearon 18 Jul 1961 07 Dec 2023 62 yrs 05 mon 03 yrs 04 mon (-)
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