The Eastern States Mission was organized on 6 May 1839 when John P. Greene was sent to New York City to preside over the Saints in that area. The mission was not officially discontinued, but work in the area was temporarily suspended in 1850, 1858, and 1869.
The mission was formally reorganized in January 1893 from the Northern States and Southern States Missions with its headquarters in Brooklyn, New York.
Formed in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
1839 May 6
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Occurred On 1839 May 6
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John Portineus Greene Called as Mission President
1839 May 6 – 1843 October 20
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Called
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Ended On 1843 October 20
Arrived at Home
William B. Smith Called as Mission President
1841 April 9 – 1844 April 22
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Called
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Ended On 1844 April 22
Arrived at Home
Lyman Wight Called as Mission President
1844 April
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Called
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Released
Parley P. Pratt Departed from Home as Mission President
1844 December 2 – 1845 August
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Departed from Home
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Ended On 1845 August
Arrived at Home
Orson Pratt Called as Mission President
1845 August – November
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Called
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Ended On 1845 November
Arrived at Home
Samuel Brannan Called as Mission President
1845 November – 1846 February 4
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Called
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Ended On 1846 February 4
Released
Jesse C. Little Called as Mission President
1846 April – 1847 February
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Called
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Ended On 1847 February
Departed from the Field
William Ivins Appleby Called as Mission President
1847 March – October 30
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Called
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Ended On 1847 October 30
Released
Jesse C. Little Called as Mission President
1847 November 5 – 1848 August 12
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Called
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Ended On 1848 August 12
Arrived at Home
Stephen Chadwick Perry Called as Mission President
1848
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Started Circa 1848
Called
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Start Date Not Found
Released
Wilford Woodruff Called as Mission President
1848 April 22 – 1850 April
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Called
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Ended On 1850 April
Departed from the Field
John Taylor Departed from Home as Mission President
1854 September 4 – 1857 May
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Departed from Home
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Ended On 1857 May
Departed from the Field
William Ivins Appleby Called as Mission President
1856 October – 1858 October 17
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Called
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Ended On 1858 October 17
Arrived at Home
William Hart Miles Called as Mission President
1864 – 1869
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Ended On 1869
Released
Jesse Easters Murphy Set Apart as Mission President
1867 October 11
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Set Apart
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Start Date Not Found
Released
Frederick Kesler, Sr. Set Apart as Mission President
1890 April 28
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Set Apart
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Start Date Not Found
Released
Job Pingree, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President
1893 January 6 – 1894 December 31
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Set Apart
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Ended On 1894 December 31
Arrived at Home
Samuel Whitney Richards Set Apart as Mission President
1895 January 4 – 1897 March 11
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Ended On 1897 March 11
Released
Alonzo Pratt Kesler, Sr. Set Apart as Mission President
1897 March 10 – 1899 March 11
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Ended On 1899 March 11
Released
William Henry Smart Called as Mission President
1899 March 11 – 1900 August 31
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Ended On 1900 August 31
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Edward Hunter Snow Set Apart as Mission President
1900 August 31 – 1901 March 8
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Ended On 1901 March 8
Released
John Gray McQuarrie Called as Mission President
1901 March 8 – 1908 July 31
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Ended On 1908 July 31
Released
Ephraim Hesmer Nye Set Apart as Mission President
1902 January 7 – June 7
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Set Apart
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Ended On 1902 June 7
Released
Benjamin Erastus Rich Arrived in the Field as Mission President
1908 August 8 – 1913 September 13
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Arrived in the Field
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Ended On 1913 September 13
Released
Walter Peter Monson Set Apart as Mission President
1913 October 11 – 1919 June 1
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Ended On 1919 June 1
Released
George William McCune, Sr. Set Apart as Mission President
1919 April 24 – 1922 May 24
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Ended On 1922 May 24
Released
B. H. Roberts Set Apart as Mission President
1922 May 29 – 1927 April 6
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Ended On 1927 April 6
Released
Henry Herman Rolapp Set Apart as Mission President
1927 May 2 – 1929 January 1
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Ended On 1929 January 1
Released
James Henry Moyle Set Apart as Mission President
1929 January 4 – 1933 July 24
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Ended On 1933 July 24
Released
Don Byron Colton Set Apart as Mission President
1933 July 20 – 1937 August 2
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Ended On 1937 August 2
Departed from the Field
Israel Franklin Evans Set Apart as Mission President
1937 July 8 – 1940 September 17
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Ended On 1940 September 17
Departed from the Field
Gustave Arnt Iverson Departed from Home as Mission President
1940 August 31 – 1944 April 8
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Departed from Home
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Ended On 1944 April 8
Departed from the Field
Roy Watkins Doxey Departed from Home as Mission President
1944 April 13 – 1948 September
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Departed from Home
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Ended On 1948 September
Released
Ended
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Media
Eastern States Mission Map 1839
Brooklyn Conference, June 1922
Eastern States Mission Home
United States Mission Presidents
Rochester Conference, June 1922
The First Mission School
Conference Presidents and Office Force
Missionaries at Joseph Smith's Birthplace
South West Virginia Conference, 1921
South West Virginia Conference, May 1921
First Lady Missionaries in Eastern States
Sacred Grove - Eastern States Missionaries, 1935 July 24
Eastern States Mission Map 1844