First Council of the Seventy

Date Formed
1835 February 8
Date Ended
1976 October 2
Location Formed
Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
Location Ended
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Organization Type
Ecclesiastical
Organization Participants in Database
53

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.

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Formed in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States

1835 February 8

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Ended On 1837 April 6
Released

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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Sustained

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Ended On 1881 July 16
Died in Position

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
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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
Died in Position

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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Sustained

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Ended On 1837 April 6
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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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Set Apart

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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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Set Apart

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Ended On 1838 March 6
Released

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Set Apart

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Ended On 1844 October 7
Released

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Sustained

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Ended Fall 1845
Died in Position

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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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Set Apart

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Ended On 1841 December 21
Died in Position

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Ended On 1891 May 17
Died in Position

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Set Apart

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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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Sustained

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Ended On 1958 March 10
Died in Position

Roger Orton, Jr. Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy

1845 April 7 – October 6

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Sustained

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Ended On 1845 October 6
Released

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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
Died in Position

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Ended On 1854 April 7
New Assignment

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Ended On 1888 September 6
Died in Position

Jacob Gates Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy

1860 April 6 – 1892 April 14

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Sustained

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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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Sustained

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Ended On 1883 February 18
Died in Position

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Ended On 1884 August 1
Died in Position

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Ended On 1889 October 7
New Assignment

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Sustained

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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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Ended On 1924 December 15
Died in Position

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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

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Ended On 1909 August 9
Died in Position

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Ended On 1938 September 2
Died in Position

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
Died in Position

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
Died in Position

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
Died in Position

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
Died in Position

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
Died in Position

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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Ended On 1967 October 18
Died in Position

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Ended On 1945 March 8
Died in Position

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Ended On 1946 May 28
Died in Position

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
Died in Position

Richard L. Evans Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy

1938 October 7 – 1953 October 8

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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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Ended On 1976 October 1
New Assignment

Milton Reed Hunter Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy

1945 April 6 – 1975 June 27

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Ended On 1975 June 27
Died in Position

Bruce R. McConkie Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy

1946 October 6 – 1972 October 12

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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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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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Ended On 1976 October 1
New Assignment

Paul H. Dunn Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy

1964 April 6 – 1976 October 1

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Ended On 1976 October 1
New Assignment

Hartman Rector, Jr. Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy

1968 April 6 – 1976 October 1

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Ended On 1976 October 1
New Assignment

Loren C. Dunn Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy

1968 April 6 – 1976 October 1

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Ended On 1976 October 1
New Assignment

Rex D. Pinegar Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy

1972 October 6 – 1976 October 1

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Ended On 1976 October 1
New Assignment

Gene R. Cook Sustained as Seventy in the First Council of the Seventy

1975 October 3 – 1976 October 1

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Ended On 1976 October 1
New Assignment

Ended in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1976 October 2