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Apostles who served the longest as least-senior member of the Quorum of the Twelve


            Apostle         Tenure as least-senior Quorum member        Dates served as least-senior member

      Franklin D Richards              11 yr 06 mo                          12 Feb 1849 to 26 Aug 1860
      John A Widstoe                   10 yr 07 mo                          17 Mar 1921 to 08 Oct 1931
      Henry B Eyring                   09 yr 06 mo                          06 Apr 1995 to 02 Oct 2004
      Albert Carrington                08 yr 09 mo                          03 Jul 1870 to 09 Apr 1879
      George Q Cannon                  08 yr 02 mo                          26 Aug 1860 to 09 Oct 1868
      Abraham H Cannon                 08 yr 00 mo                          07 Oct 1889 to 07 Oct 1897
      Thomas S Monson                  06 yr 06 mo                          10 Oct 1963 to 09 Apr 1970
      Neil L Andersen                  06 yr 06 mo                          04 Apr 2009 to 03 Oct 2015
      John W Taylor                    05 yr 06 mo                          09 Apr 1884 to 07 Oct 1889
      Richard G Scott                  05 yr 06 mo                          06 Oct 1988 to 07 Apr 1994
      James E Talmage                  05 yr 01 mo                          08 Dec 1911 to 18 Jan 1917
      George Q Morris                  04 yr 00 mo                          08 Apr 1954 to 10 Apr 1958
Note:  On March 31, 2023, Elder Ulisses Soares completed 5 years as the least-senior member of the Quorum of Twelve.

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