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Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve and Acting Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve


                       1. Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve, listed chronologically:

            Quorum President         Dates of service as Quorum President     Length of service as Quorum President
                       Thomas B Marsh               02 May 1835 to 17 Mar 1839                   03 years 10 months
           Brigham Young                14 Apr 1840 to 27 Dec 1847                   07 years 08 months
           Orson Hyde                   27 Dec 1847 to 10 Apr 1875                   27 years 03 months
           John Taylor                  06 Oct 1877 to 10 Oct 1880                   03 years 00 months
           Wilford Woodruff             10 Oct 1880 to 07 Apr 1889                   08 years 06 months
           Lorenzo Snow                 07 Apr 1889 to 13 Sep 1898                   09 years 05 months
           Franklin D Richards          13 Sep 1898 to 09 Dec 1899                   01 year  03 months
           Brigham Young, Jr            17 Oct 1901 to 11 Apr 1903                   01 year  06 months
           Francis M Lyman              06 Oct 1903 to 18 Nov 1916                   13 years 01 month
           Heber J Grant                23 Nov 1916 to 23 Nov 1918                   02 years 00 months
           Anthon H Lund                23 Nov 1918 to 02 mar 1921                   02 years 02 months
           Rudger Clawson               17 Mar 1921 to 21 Jun 1943                   22 years 03 months
           George Albert Smith          01 Jul 1943 to 21 May 1945                   01 year  11 months
           George F Richards            21 May 1945 to 08 Aug 1950                   05 years 03 months
           David O McKay                30 Sep 1950 to 09 Apr 1951                   00 years 06 months
           Joseph Fielding Smith        09 Apr 1951 to 23 Jan 1970                   18 years 09 months
           Harold B Lee                 23 Jan 1970 to 07 Jul 1972                   02 years 06 months
           Spencer W Kimball            07 Jul 1972 to 30 Dec 1973                   01 year  06 months
           Ezra Taft Benson             30 Dec 1973 to 10 Nov 1985                   11 years 11 months
           Marion G Romney              10 Nov 1985 to 20 May 1988                   02 years 06 months
           Howard W Hunter              02 Jun 1988 to 05 Jun 1994                   06 years 00 months
           Gordon B Hinckley            05 Jun 1994 to 12 Mar 1995                   00 years 09 months
           Thomas S Monson              12 Mar 1995 to 03 Feb 2008                   12 years 10 months
           Boyd K Packer                03 Feb 2008 to 03 Jul 2015                   07 years 05 months
           Russell M Nelson             15 Jul 2015 to 02 Jan 2018                   02 years 06 months
           Dallin H Oaks                14 Jan 2018 to present

                    2. Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve, listed by length of service:

                        Quorum President      Dates of service as Quorum President       Length of service as Quorum President
           Orson Hyde                 27 Dec 1847 to 10 Apr 1875                   27 years 03 months
           Rudger Clawson             17 Mar 1921 to 21 Jun 1943                   22 years 03 months
           Joseph Fielding Smith      09 Apr 1951 to 23 Jan 1970                   18 years 09 months
           Francis M Lyman            06 Oct 1903 to 18 Nov 1916                   13 years 01 month
           Thomas S Monson            12 Mar 1995 to 03 Feb 2008                   12 years 10 months
           Ezra Taft Benson           30 Dec 1973 to 10 Nov 1985                   11 years 11 months
           Lorenzo Snow               07 Apr 1889 to 13 Sep 1898                   09 years 05 months
           Wilford Woodruff           10 Oct 1880 to 07 Apr 1889                   08 years 06 months
           Brigham Young              14 Apr 1840 to 27 Dec 1847                   07 years 08 months
           Boyd K Packer              03 Feb 2008 to 03 Jul 2015                   07 years 05 months
           Howard W Hunter            02 Jun 1988 to 05 Jun 1994                   06 years 00 months
           George F Richards          21 May 1945 to 08 Aug 1950                   05 years 03 months
           Thomas B Marsh             02 May 1835 to 17 Mar 1839                   03 years 10 months
           John Taylor                06 Oct 1877 to 10 Oct 1880                   03 years 00 months
           Harold B Lee               23 Jan 1970 to 07 Jul 1972                   02 years 06 months
           Marion G Romney            10 Nov 1985 to 20 May 1988                   02 years 06 months
           Russell M Nelson           15 Jul 2015 to 02 Jan 2018                   02 years 06 months
           Anthon H Lund              23 Nov 1918 to 02 mar 1921                   02 years 02 months
           Heber J Grant              23 Nov 1916 to 23 Nov 1918                   02 years 00 months
           George Albert Smith        01 Jul 1943 to 21 May 1945                   01 year  11 months
           Spencer W Kimball          07 Jul 1972 to 30 Dec 1973                   01 year  06 months
           Brigham Young, Jr          17 Oct 1901 to 11 Apr 1903                   01 year  06 months
           Franklin D Richards        13 Sep 1898 to 09 Dec 1899                   01 year  03 months
           Gordon B Hinckley          05 Jun 1994 to 12 Mar 1995                   00 years 09 months
           David O McKay              30 Sep 1950 to 09 Apr 1951                   00 years 06 months
           Dallin H Oaks              14 Jan 2018 to present      

                                            3. Acting Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve, listed chronologically:

          Acting Quorum President    Dates of service as Acting President     Length of service as Acting President
          Rudger Clawson             23 Nov 1918 to 02 Mar 1921                    02 years 02 months
          Joseph Fielding Smith      30 Sep 1950 to 09 Apr 1951                    00 years 06 months
          Spencer W Kimball          23 Jan 1970 to 07 Jul 1972                    02 years 06 months
          Howard W Hunter            10 Nov 1985 to 02 Jun 1988                    02 years 06 months
          Boyd K Packer              05 Jun 1994 to 03 Mar 1995                    00 years 09 months
          Boyd K Packer              12 Jun 1995 to 27 Jan 2008                    12 years 10 months
          M Russell Ballard          14 Jan 2018 to 12 Nov 2023                    05 years 10 months
.         Jeffrey R Holland          15 Nov 2023 to present                        Presently serving

Notes:
1.  The source of my information on Rudger Clawson serving as Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve is “Conference Report”, June 1919, page 3.
2.  President Boyd K Packer holds the distinction of being the only apostle to have served twice as Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve.
3.  President Boyd K. Packer is the most recent apostle who passed away while serving as President of the Quorum of Twelve.  President Marion G. Romney
also passed away while serving as President of the Quorum of Twelve.
4.  Elder Holland began his service as Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve upon the passing of Elder M. Russell Ballard.  President Dallin H. Oaks
continues on as President of the Quorum of the Twelve, serving as a counselor in the First Presidency.


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