First Presidency
OrganizationRID: ORG-J4XG7VM
Other Names
Ministry of the Presidency of the High Priesthood (March 1832-April 1838)
Date Formed
1832 March 8
Location Formed
Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
Location Ended
Unknown
Organization Participants in Database
Joseph Smith, Jr. Sustained as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1832 January 25 – 1844 June 27
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Ended 1844 June 27
Formed in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States
1832 March 8
Brigham Young Sustained as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1847 December 27 – 1877 August 29
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Ended 1877 August 29
John Taylor Sustained as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1880 October 10 – 1887 July 25
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Ended 1887 July 25
Wilford Woodruff Sustained as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1889 April 7 – 1898 September 2
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Ended 1898 September 2
Lorenzo Snow Called as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1898 September 13 – 1901 October 10
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Ended 1901 October 10
Joseph F. Smith Set Apart as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1901 October 17 – 1918 November 19
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Ended 1918 November 19
Heber J. Grant Called as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1918 November 23 – 1945 May 14
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Ended 1945 May 14
George Albert Smith Called as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1945 May 21 – 1951 April 4
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Ended 1951 April 4
David O. McKay Sustained as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1951 April 9 – 1970 January 18
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Ended 1970 January 18
Joseph Fielding Smith Set Apart as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1970 January 23 – 1972 July 2
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Ended 1972 July 2
Harold B. Lee Called as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1972 July 7 – 1973 December 26
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Ended 1973 December 26
Spencer W. Kimball Called as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1973 December 30 – 1985 November 5
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Ended 1985 November 5
Ezra Taft Benson Called as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1985 November 10 – 1994 May 30
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Ended 1994 May 30
Howard W. Hunter Called as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1994 June 5 – 1995 March 3
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Ended 1995 March 3
Gordon B. Hinckley Called as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1995 March 12 – 2008 January 27
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Ended 2008 January 27
Thomas S. Monson Set Apart as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
2008 February 3 – 2018 January 2
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Ended 2018 January 2
Russell M. Nelson Called as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
2018 January 14 – 2025 September 27
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Ended 2025 September 27
Dallin H. Oaks Set Apart as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
2025 October 14