First Presidencies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
– Abbreviations –
PR = President 1C = 1st Counselor 2C = 2nd Counselor AC = Asst Counselor HP = High Priest AS = Asst to Twelve CP = Cnslr to Pres AP = Asst President AT = Apostle in Quorum of Twelve AN = Apostle not in Quorum of Twelve 1E = First Elder 2E = Second Elder
1830
Church Organized on 06 April 1830: Joseph Smith (1E,AN) Oliver Cowdery (2E,AN)
Joseph and Oliver sustained in Conference on 25 January 1832:
Joseph Smith (PR,AN)
Oliver Cowdery (2E,AN)
Counselor added on 08 March 1832: Joseph Smith (PR,AN) Oliver Cowdery (2E,AN) Jesse Gause (CP,HP)
Jesse Gause resigns, First Presidency formed on 18 March 1833: Joseph Smith (PR,AN) Sidney Rigdon (1C,HP) Frederick G Williams (2C,HP)
Oliver Cowdery made Assistant President on 05 December 1834: Joseph Smith (PR,AN) Oliver Cowdery (AP,AN) Sidney Rigdon (1C,HP) Frederick G Williams (2C,HP)
Counselors added on 03 Sep 1837: Joseph Smith (PR,AN) Sidney Rigdon (1C,HP) Frederick G Williams (2C,HP) Oliver Cowdery (AC,AN) Hyrum Smith (AC,HP) Joseph Smith, Sr (AC,HP) John Smith (AC)
Frederick G Williams rejected on 07 Nov 1837: Joseph Smith (PR,AN) Sidney Rigdon (1C,HP) Oliver Cowdery (AC,AN) Hyrum Smith (AC,HP) Joseph Smith, Sr (AC,HP) John Smith (AC)
Oliver Cowdery excommunicated on 11 Apr 1838: Joseph Smith (PR,AN) Sidney Rigdon (1C,HP) Hyrum Smith (AC,HP) Joseph Smith, Sr (AC,HP) John Smith (AC)
1840
Joseph Smith, Sr died on 14 Sep 1840: Joseph Smith (PR,AN) Sidney Rigdon (1C,HP) Hyrum Smith (AC,HP) John Smith (AC)
Hyrum Smith replaced Oliver Cowdery as Assistant President on 24 Jan 1841: Joseph Smith (PR,AN) Hyrum Smith (AP,AN) Sidney Rigdon (1C,HP) William Law (2C,HP) John Smith (AC)
John C Bennett added as Assistant President on 18 Apr 1841: Joseph Smith (PR,AN) Hyrum Smith (AP,AN) John C Bennett (AP) Sidney Rigdon (1C,HP) William Law (2C,HP) John Smith (AC)
John C Bennett disfellowshipped on 25 May 1842: Joseph Smith (PR,AN) Hyrum Smith (AP,AN) Sidney Rigdon (1C,HP) William Law (2C,HP) John Smith (AC)
Amasa M Lyman named as Counselor to 1st Presidency, thus on 04 Feb 1843: Joseph Smith (PR,AN) Hyrum Smith (AP,AN) Sidney Rigdon (1C,HP) William Law (2C,HP) John Smith (AC) Amasa M Lyman (AC)
William Law excommunicated on 18 Apr 1844: Joseph Smith (PR,AN) Hyrum Smith (AP,AN) Sidney Rigdon (1C,HP) John Smith (AC) Amasa M Lyman (AC)
Joseph Smith martyred on 27 Jun 1844, thus the Presidency was dissolved:
New First Presidency formed on 05 Dec 1847: Brigham Young (PR,AT) Heber C Kimball (1C,AT) Willard Richards (2C,AT)
1850
Willard Richards died on 11 Mar 1854, thus on 07 Apr 1854: Brigham Young (PR,AT) Heber C Kimball (1C,AT) Jedediah M Grant (2C,AN)
Jedediah Grant died on 01 Dec 1856, thus on 04 Jan 1857: Brigham Young (PR,AT) Heber C Kimball (1C,AT) Daniel H Wells (2C,AN)
1860
Counselor added on 01 Jul 1866: Brigham Young (PR,AT) Heber C Kimball (1C,AT) Daniel H Wells (2C,AN) Joseph F Smith (AC,AT)
Heber C Kimball died on 22 Jun 1868, thus on 06 Oct 1868: Brigham Young (PR,AT) George A Smith (1C,AT) Daniel H Wells (2C,AN) Joseph F Smith (AC,AT)
1870
Counselors added on 08 Apr 1873: Brigham Young (PR,AT) George A Smith (1C,AT) Daniel H Wells (2C,AN) Joseph F Smith (AC,AT) Lorenzo Snow (AC,AT) Brigham Young, Jr (AC,AT) Albert Carrington (AC,AT) John W Young (AC,AN) George Q Cannon (AC,AT)
George A Smith died on 01 Sep 1875, thus on 07 Oct 1876: Brigham Young (PR,AT) John W Young (1C,AN) Daniel H Wells (2C,AN) Joseph F Smith (AC,AT) Lorenzo Snow (AC,AT) Brigham Young, Jr (AC,AT) Albert Carrington (AC,AT) George Q Cannon (AC,AT)
1880
Brigham Young died on 29 Aug 1877, thus on 08 Oct 1880: John Taylor (PR,AT) George Q Cannon (1C,AT) Joseph F Smith (2C,AT)
John Taylor died on 25 Jul 1887, thus on 09 Apr 1889: Wilford Woodruff (PR,AT) George Q Cannon (1C,AT) Joseph F Smith (2C,AT)
1890
Wilford Woodruff died on 02 Sep 1898, thus on 13 Sep 1898: Lorenzo Snow (PR,AT) George Q Cannon (1C,AT) Joseph F Smith (2C,AT)
1900
George Q Cannon died on 12 Apr 1901, thus on 06 Oct 1901: Lorenzo Snow (PR,AT) Joseph F Smith (1C,AT) Rudger Clawson (2C,AT)
Lorenzo Snow died 10 Oct 1901, thus on 17 Oct 1901: Joseph F Smith (PR,AT) John R Winder (1C,HP) Anthon H Lund (2C,AT)
1910
John R Winder died on 27 Mar 1910, thus on 07 Apr 1910: Joseph F Smith (PR,AT) Anthon H Lund (1C,AT) John H Smith (2C,AT)
John H Smith died on 13 Oct 1911, thus on 02 Dec 1911: Joseph F Smith (PR,AT) Anthon H Lund (1C,AT) Charles W Penrose (2C,AT)
Joseph F Smith died 19 Nov 1918, thus on 23 Nov 1918: Heber J Grant (PR,AT) Anthon H Lund (1C,AT) Charles W Penrose (2C,AT)
1920
Anthon H Lund died 02 Mar 1921, thus on 10 Mar 1921: Heber J Grant (PR,AT) Charles W Penrose (1C,AT) Anthony W Ivins (2C,AT)
Charles W Penrose died on 16 May 1925, thus on 28 May 1925: Heber J Grant (PR,AT) Anthony W Ivins (1C,AT) Charles W Nibley (2C,HP)
1930
Charles W Nibley died 11 Dec 1931, thus on 06 Apr 1933: Heber J Grant (PR,AT) Anthony W Ivins (1C,AT) J Reuben Clark (2C,HP)
Anthony W Ivins died on 23 Sep 1934, thus on 06 Oct 1934: Heber J Grant (PR,AT) J Reuben Clark (1C,AT) David O McKay (2C,AT)
1940
Heber J Grant died 14 May 1945, thus on 21 May 1945: George Albert Smith (PR,AT) J Reuben Clark (1C,AT) David O McKay (2C,AT)
1950
George Albert Smith died on 04 Apr 1951, thus on 09 Apr 1951: David O McKay (PR,AT) Stephen L Richards (1C,AT) J Reuben Clark (2C,AT)
Stephen L Richards died on 19 May 1959, thus on 12 Jun 1959: David O McKay (PR,AT) J Reuben Clark (1C,AT) Henry D Moyle (2C,AT)
1960
Counselor added on 22 Jun 1961: David O McKay (PR,AT) J Reuben Clark (1C,AT) Henry D Moyle (2C,AT) Hugh B Brown (AC,AT)
J Reuben Clark died on 06 Oct 1961, thus on 12 Oct 1961: David O McKay (PR,AT) Henry D Moyle (1C,AT) Hugh B Brown (2C,AT)
Henry D Moyle died on 18 Sep 1963, thus on 04 Oct 1963: David O McKay (PR,AT) Hugh B Brown (1C,AT) N Eldon Tanner (2C,AT)
Counselors added on 28 Oct 1965: David O McKay (PR,AT) Hugh B Brown (1C,AT) N Eldon Tanner 2C,AT) Joseph Fielding Smith (AC,AT) Thorpe B Isaacson (AC,AS)
Counselor added on 06 Apr 1968: David O McKay (PR,AT) Hugh B Brown (1C,AT) N Eldon Tanner (2C,AT) Joseph Fielding Smith (AC,AT) Thorpe B Isaacson (AC,AS) Alvin R Dyer (AC,AN)
1970
David O McKay died on 18 Jan 1970, thus on 23 Jan 1970: Joseph Fielding Smith (PR,AT) Harold B Lee (1C,AT) Nathan Eldon Tanner (2C,AT)
Joseph Fielding Smith died on 02 Jul 1972, thus on 07 Jul 1972: Harold B Lee (PR,AT) Nathan Eldon Tanner (1C,AT) Marion G Romney (2C,AT)
Harold B Lee died on 26 Dec 1973, thus on 30 Dec 1973: Spencer W Kimball (PR,AT) Nathan Eldon Tanner (1C,AT) Marion G Romney (2C,AT)
1980
Counselor added on 23 Jul 1981: Spencer W Kimball (PR,AT) Nathan Eldon Tanner (1C,AT) Marion G Romney (2C,AT) Gordon B Hinckley (AC,AT)
N Eldon Tanner died on 27 Nov 1982, thus on 02 Dec 1982: Spencer W Kimball (PR,AT) Marion G Romney (1C,AT) Gordon B Hinckley (2C,AT)
Spencer W Kimball died 05 Nov 1985, thus on 10 Nov 1985: Ezra Taft Benson (PR,AT) Gordon B Hinckley (1C,AT) Thomas S Monson (2C,AT)
1990
Ezra Taft Benson died on 30 May 1994, thus on 04 Jun 1994: Howard W Hunter (PR,AT) Gordon B Hinckley (1C,AT) Thomas S Monson (2C,AT)
Howard W Hunter died on 03 Mar 1995, thus on 12 Mar 1995: Gordon B Hinckley (PR,AT) Thomas S Monson (1C,AT) James E Faust (2C,AT)
2000
James E Faust died on 10 Aug 2007, thus on 06 Oct 2007: Gordon B Hinckley (PR,AT) Thomas S Monson (1C,AT) Henry B Eyring (2C,AT)
President Gordon B Hinckley died on 27 Jan 2008, thus on 03 Feb 2008: Thomas S Monson (PR,AT) Henry B Eyring (1C,AT) Dieter F Uchtdorf (2C,AT)
2010
President Thomas S Monson passed away on January 2, 2018, thus on 14 Jan 2018:
Russell M Nelson (PR,AT)
Dallin H Oaks (1C,AT)
Henry B Eyring (1C,2C,AT)
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