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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