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 Assistant Presidents, Assistant Counselors, and additional counselors in the First Presidencies


Note: Listed below are all the brethren who have served in a First Presidency in a capacity other than President, 1st Counselor, or 2nd Counselor. The abbreviations used in the ‘Position’ column are AP for Assistant President, AC for assistant counselor, and C for other or additional counselor.


                       Authority         Position          Dates of service         Church President

                  1. Oliver Cowdery        AP,AC       05 Dec 183411 Apr 1838      Joseph Smith

                 2. Jesse Gause            C          08 Mar 1832 03 Dec 1832      Joseph Smith 

                 3. Hyrum Smith           AC,AP       03 Sep 183727 Jun 1844      Joseph Smith

                 4. Joseph Smith, Sr       AC         03 Sep 1837 14 Sep 1840      Joseph Smith

                 5. John Smith             AC         03 Sep 1837 27 Jun 1844      Joseph Smith

                 6. John C Bennett         AP         18 Apr 1841 25 May 1842      Joseph Smith

                 7. Amasa M Lyman          C          04 Feb 1843 – 27 Jun 1844      Joseph Smith

                 8. Joseph F Smith         C          01 Jul 1866 29 Aug 1877      Brigham Young

                 7. Lorenzo Snow          AC,C        08 Apr 1873 29 Aug 1877      Brigham Young

                 8. Brigham Young, Jr     AC,C        08 Apr 1873 29 Aug 1877      Brigham Young

                 9. Albert Carrington     AC,C        08 Apr 1873 29 Aug 1877      Brigham Young

                10. John W Young          AC,C        08 Apr 1873 29 Aug 1877      Brigham Young

                11. George Q Cannon       AC,C        08 Apr 1873 19 Aug 1877      Brigham Young

                12. Hugh B Brown           C          27 Jun 196112 Oct 1961      David O McKay

                13. Joseph Fielding Smith  C          28 Oct 196518 Jan 1970      David O McKay

                14. H Thorpe B Isaacson    C          28 Oct 1965 18 Jan 1970      David O McKay

                15. Alvin R Dyer           C          06 Apr 196818 Jan 1970      David O McKay

                16. Gordon B Hinckley      C          23 Jul 1981 02 Dec 1982      Spencer W Kimball

Note: As can be seen above, only four of our fifteen Church presidents have utilized additional counselors in the First Presidency during
their tenure as president.


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