Age differences between successive Presidents of the Church
Chart #1 — Age differences listed chronologically
(The year of birth follows each prophet’s name)
#01 Joseph Smith (1805) was 04 years 07 months younger than #02 Brigham Young (1801) #02 Brigham Young (1801) was 07 years 05 months older than #03 John Taylor (1808) #03 John Taylor (1808) was 01 years 08 months younger than #04 Wilford Woodruff (1807) #04 Wilford Woodruff (1807) was 07 years 01 months older than #05 Lorenzo Snow (1814) #05 Lorenzo Snow (1814) was 24 years 07 months older than #06 Joseph F Smith (1838) #06 Joseph F Smith (1838) was 18 years 00 months older than #07 Heber J Grant (1856) #07 Heber J Grant (1856) was 13 years 04 months older than #08 George A Smith (1870) #08 George A Smith (1870) was 03 years 05 months older than #09 David O McKay (1873) #09 David O McKay (1873) was 02 years 10 months older than #10 Joseph Fielding Smith (1876) #10 Joseph Fielding Smith (1876) was 22 years 08 months older than #11 Harold B Lee (1899) #11 Harold B Lee (1899) was 04 years 00 months younger than #12 Spencer W Kimball (1895) #12 Spencer W Kimball (1895) was 04 years 04 months older than #13 Ezra T Benson (1899) #13 Ezra T Benson (1899) was 08 years 03 months older than #14 Howard W Hunter (1907) #14 Howard W Hunter (1907) was 02 years 07 months older than #15 Gordon B Hinckley (1910) #15 Gordon B Hinckley (1910) was 17 years 02 months older than #16 Thomas S Monson (1927) #16 Thomas S Monson (1927) was 02 years 11 months younger than #17 Russell M Nelson (1924)
(As seen above, on only four occasions has a Church president been succeeded by a new Church president who was chronologically older than the recently-deceased president (Brigham Young was older than Joseph Smith, Wilford Woodruff was older than John Taylor, Spencer W Kimball was older than Harold B Lee, and Russell M Nelson was older that Thomas S Monson).
Chart #2 — Age differences listed by decreasing differences
(The year of birth follows each prophet’s name)
#05 Lorenzo Snow (1814) was 24 years 07 months older than #06 Joseph F Smith (1838) #10 Joseph Fielding Smith (1876) was 22 years 08 months older than #11 Harold B Lee (1899) #06 Joseph F Smith (1838) was 18 years 00 months older than #07 Heber J Grant (1856) #15 Gordon B Hinckley (1910) was 17 years 02 months older than #16 Thomas S Monson (1927) #07 Heber J Grant (1856) was 13 years 04 months older than #08 George A Smith 1870) #13 Ezra T Benson (1899) was 08 years 03 months older than #14 Howard W Hunter (1907) #02 Brigham Young (1801) was 07 years 05 months older than #03 John Taylor (1808) #04 Wilford Woodruff (1807) was 07 years 01 months older than #05 Lorenzo Snow (1814) #01 Joseph Smith (1805) was 04 years 07 months younger than #02 Brigham Young (1801) #12 Spencer W Kimball (1895) was 04 years 04 months older than #13 Ezra T Benson (1899) #11 Harold B Lee (1899) was 04 years 00 months younger than #12 Spencer W Kimball (1895) #08 George A Smith (1870) was 03 years 05 months older than #09 David O McKay (1873) #16 Thomas S Monson (1927) was 02 years 11 months younger than #17 Russell M Nelson (1924) #09 David O McKay (1873) was 02 years 10 months older than #10 Joseph Fielding Smith (1876) #14 Howard W Hunter (1907) was 02 years 07 months older than #15 Gordon B Hinckley (1910) #03 John Taylor (1808) was 01 years 08 months younger than #04 Wilford Woodruff (1807)
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