Longest time period without a change in the First Presidency or the Quorum of Twelve
Listed below are the eleven longest time periods that have elapsed without a change in the First Presidency or the Quorum of 12, beginning with the longest period.
Length of period Dates Church President & President of Quorum of 12 09 years 03 months 06 Apr 1995 - 21 Jul 2004 G Hinckley, T S Monson 06 years 06 months 07 Oct 1889 - 06 Apr 1896 W Woodruff, Lorenzo Snow 06 years 03 months 04 Apr 2009 - 03 Jul 2015 T S Monson, B K Packer 06 years 00 months 28 May 1925 - 16 May 1931 H J Grant, Rudger Clawson 05 years 10 months 26 Aug 1860 - 01 Jul 1866 Brigham Young, Orson Hyde 05 years 05 months 06 Oct 1988 - 25 Feb 1994 Ezra T Benson, H W Hunter 05 years 01 month 12 Feb 1849 - 11 Mar 1854 Brigham Young, Orson Hyde 04 years 11 months 08 Dec 1911 - 18 Nov 1916 J F Smith, Francis M Lyman 04 years 02 months 17 Mar 1921 - 16 May 1925 H J Grant, Rudger Clawson 03 years 10 months 08 Apr 1954 - 11 Feb 1958 D O McKay, Joseph Fldg Smith 03 years 04 months 10 Apr 1947 - 08 Aug 1950 G A Smith, George Richards 03 years 03 months 13 May 1857 - 26 Aug 1860 Brigham Young, Orson Hyde Note: President Russell M. Nelson began his service as President of the Church on January 14, 2018. Apostles Gerrit W. Gong and Ulisses Soares were sustained in April 0f 2018. This group of brethren will have served 5 years without a change when we reach April 2023.
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