The First Council the Seventy is established in Doctrine and Covenants 107:95-97 "And these seven presidents are to choose other seventy besides the first seventy to whom they belong. . .and these seventy are to be traveling ministers, unto the Gentiles first and also unto the Jews." Over time, and after considerable growth in the Church (both in individual members, as well as where members were geographically located), the organization of First Council of the Seventy was disbanded and subsequently re-established as the First Quorum of the Seventy.
Formed in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
1835 February 8
Hazen Aldrich Called as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1835 February 28 – 1837 April 6
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Sylvester Smith Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1835 February 28 – 1837 April 6
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Ended On 1837 April 6
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Joseph Young Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1835 February 28 – 1881 July 16
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Ended On 1881 July 16
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Zebedee Coltrin Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1835 February 28 – 1837 April 6
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Ended On 1837 April 6
Released
Levi Hancock Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1835 February 28 – 1882 June 10
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Ended On 1882 June 10
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Lyman Sherman Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1835 February 28 – 1837 April 6
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Ended On 1837 April 6
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Leonard Rich Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1835 February 28 – 1837 April 6
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Ended On 1837 April 6
Released
John Gaylord Set Apart as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1837 April 6 – 1838 January 13
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Ended On 1838 January 13
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Salmon Gee Set Apart as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1837 April 6 – 1838 March 6
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Ended On 1838 March 6
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Josiah Butterfield Set Apart as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1837 April 6 – 1844 October 7
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Ended On 1844 October 7
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Daniel Miles Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1837 April 6 – 1845
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Ended Fall 1845
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John Gould Set Apart as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1837 April 6 – September 3
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Ended On 1837 September 3
Released
James Foster Set Apart as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1837 April 6 – 1841 December 21
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Ended On 1841 December 21
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Henry Harriman Set Apart as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1838 February 6 – 1891 May 17
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Ended On 1891 May 17
Died in Position
Zera Pulsipher Set Apart as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1838 March 6 – 1862 April 12
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Ended On 1862 April 12
Released
Oscar A. Kirkham Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy
1841 October 5 – 1958 March 10
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Ended On 1958 March 10
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Roger Orton, Jr. Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy
1845 April 7 – October 6
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Ended On 1845 October 6
Released
Benjamin L. Clapp Set Apart as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1845 December 2 – 1859 April 7
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Ended On 1859 April 7
Released
Albert P. Rockwood Set Apart as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1845 December 2 – 1879 November 26
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Ended On 1879 November 26
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Jedediah Morgan Grant Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1845 December 2 – 1854 April 7
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Sustained
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Ended On 1854 April 7
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Horace Sunderlin Eldredge Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1854 October 7 – 1888 September 6
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Ended On 1888 September 6
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Jacob Gates Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1860 April 6 – 1892 April 14
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Ended On 1892 April 14
Died in Position
John Van Cott Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1862 October 8 – 1883 February 18
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Ended On 1883 February 18
Died in Position
William W. Taylor Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1880 April 7 – 1884 August 1
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Ended On 1884 August 1
Died in Position
Abraham H. Cannon Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1882 October 8 – 1889 October 7
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Ended On 1889 October 7
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Theodore B. Lewis Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1882 October 8 – 9
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Ended On 1882 October 9
Released
Seymour B. Young Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1883 April 8 – 1924 December 15
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Sustained
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Ended On 1924 December 15
Died in Position
Christian Daniel Fjelsted Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1884 April 6 – 1905 December 23
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Sustained
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Ended On 1905 December 23
Died in Position
John Morgan Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1884 October 5 – 1894 August 14
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Ended On 1894 August 14
Died in Position
B. H. Roberts Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1888 October 7 – 1933 September 27
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Ended On 1933 September 27
Died in Position
George Reynolds Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1890 April 5 – 1909 August 9
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Ended On 1909 August 9
Died in Position
J. Golden Kimball Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1892 April 5 – 1938 September 2
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Ended On 1938 September 2
Died in Position
Rulon Seymour Wells Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1893 April 5 – 1941 May 7
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Ended On 1941 May 7
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Edward Stevenson Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1894 October 7 – 1897 January 27
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Ended On 1897 January 27
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Joseph W. McMurrin Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1897 October 5 – 1932 October 24
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Ended On 1932 October 24
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Charles H. Hart Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1906 April 9 – 1934 September 29
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Ended On 1934 September 29
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Levi E. Young Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1909 October 6 – 1963 December 13
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Ended On 1963 December 13
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Ray L. Pratt Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1925 January 29 – 1931 April 14
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Ended On 1931 April 14
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Antoine R. Ivins Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1931 October 4 – 1967 October 18
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Sustained
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Ended On 1967 October 18
Died in Position
Samuel Otis Bennion Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1933 April 6 – 1945 March 8
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Sustained
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Ended On 1945 March 8
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John H. Taylor Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
1933 October 6 – 1946 May 28
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Sustained
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Ended On 1946 May 28
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Rufus Kay Hardy Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy
1934 October 6 – 1945 March 7
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Ended On 1945 March 7
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Richard L. Evans Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy
1938 October 7 – 1953 October 8
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Sustained
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Ended On 1953 October 8
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S. Dilworth Young Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy
1945 April 6 – 1976 October 1
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Sustained
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Ended On 1976 October 1
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Milton Reed Hunter Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy
1945 April 6 – 1975 June 27
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Sustained
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Ended On 1975 June 27
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Bruce R. McConkie Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy
1946 October 6 – 1972 October 12
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Sustained
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Ended On 1972 October 12
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Marion D. Hanks Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy
1953 October 4 – 1968 April 6
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Sustained
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Ended On 1968 April 6
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A. Theodore Tuttle Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy
1958 April 6 – 1976 October 1
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Sustained
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Ended On 1976 October 1
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Paul H. Dunn Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy
1964 April 6 – 1976 October 1
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Sustained
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Ended On 1976 October 1
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Hartman Rector, Jr. Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy
1968 April 6 – 1976 October 1
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Sustained
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Ended On 1976 October 1
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Loren C. Dunn Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy
1968 April 6 – 1976 October 1
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Sustained
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Ended On 1976 October 1
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Rex D. Pinegar Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy
1972 October 6 – 1976 October 1
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Sustained
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Ended On 1976 October 1
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Gene R. Cook Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy
1975 October 3 – 1976 October 1
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Sustained
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Ended On 1976 October 1
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Ended in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1976 October 2