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.
Mission Founded
John Portineus Greene Called as President
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Started On 1839 May 6
Ended On 1843 October 20
William B Smith Called as President
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Started On 1841 April 9
Ended On 1844 April 22
Lyman Wight Called as President
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Started On 1844 April
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Parley P Pratt Called as President
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Started On 1844 December 2
Ended On 1845 August
Orson Pratt Called as President
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Started On 1845 August
Ended On 1845 November
Samuel Brannan Called as President
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Started On 1845 November
Ended On 1846 February 4
Jesse Carter Little Called as President
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Started On 1846 April
Ended On 1847 February
William Ivins Appleby Called as President
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Started On 1847 March
Ended On 1847 October 30
Jesse Carter Little Called as President
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Started On 1847 November 5
Ended On 1848 August 12
Stephen Chadwick Perry Called as President
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Started Circa 1848
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Wilford Woodruff Called as President
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Started On 1848 April 22
Ended On 1850 April
John Taylor Called as President
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Started On 1854 September 4
Ended On 1857 May
William Ivins Appleby Called as President
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Started On 1856 October
Ended On 1858 October 17
William Hart Miles Called as President
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Started On 1864
Ended On 1869
Jesse Easters Murphy Called as President
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Started On 1867 October 11
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Frederick Kesler, Sr. Called as President
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Started On 1890 April 28
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Mission Reopened
The Eastern States Mission was re-opened with headquarters at Brooklyn, New York.
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Occurred On 1893 January
Job Pingree, Jr. Called as President
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Started On 1893 January 6
Ended On 1894 December 31
Samuel Whitney Richards Called as President
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Started On 1895 January 4
Ended On 1897 March 11
Boundary Change
Maryland, Delaware, with the southern part of West Virginia and West Pennsylvania added to the mission.
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Occurred On 1897
Headquarters Move
Mission Home was located at 50 Concord St., Brooklyn New York.
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Started On 1897
Ended On 1898
Alonzo Pratt Kesler, Sr. Called as President
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Started On 1897 March 10
Ended On 1899 March 11
William Henry Smart Called as President
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Started On 1899 March 11
Ended On 1900 August 31
Edward Hunter Snow Called as President
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Started On 1900 August 31
Ended On 1901 March 8
John Gray McQuarrie Called as President
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Started On 1901 March 8
Ended On 1908 July 31
Ephraim Hesmer Nye Called as President
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Started On 1902 January 7
Ended On 1902 June 7
Boundary Change
The state of West Virginia was transferred to the new Middle States Mission in July 1902. It returned to the Eastern States Mission in August 1903 when the Middle States Mission was dissolved.
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Started On 1902 July
Ended On 1903 August
Headquarters Move
The mission home was located at 213 W 135th street, New York City, New York.
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Occurred On 1903
Benjamin Erastus Rich Called as President
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Started On 1908 August 8
Ended On 1913 September 13
Walter Peter Monson Called as President
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Started On 1913 October 11
Ended On 1919 June 1
Headquarters Move
Mission headquarters was located at 33 W 126th Street, New York City, New York. It moved to 1140 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, New York.
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Occurred On 1918
George William McCune, Sr. Called as President
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Started On 1919 April 24
Ended On 1922 May 24
Brigham Henry Roberts Called as President
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Started On 1922 May 29
Ended On 1927 April 6
Boundary Change
The Main Conference was transferred to the Canadian Mission. The mission home is located at 273 Gates Ave., Brooklyn, New York.
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Occurred On 1925 September 6
Henry Herman Rolapp Called as President
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Started On 1927 May 2
Ended On 1929 January 1
James Henry Moyle Called as President
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Started On 1929 January 4
Ended On 1933 July 24
Don Byron Colton Called as President
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Started On 1933 July 20
Ended On 1937 August 2
Headquarters Move
The mission home is moved from 273 Gates Ave., Brooklyn, New York, to 155 Riverside Drive, New York City.
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Occurred On 1936
Israel Franklin Evans Called as President
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Started On 1937 July 8
Ended On 1940 September 17
Boundary Change
The New England Mission was organized from portions of the Eastern States Mission and Canadian Mission. The states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island were split from the Eastern States Mission and became part of the New England Mission.
After the split, the Eastern States Mission was comprised of the New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Washington D.C., and a small portion of northern West Virginia.
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Occurred On 1937 September
Gustave Arnt Iverson Called as President
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Started On 1940 August 31
Ended On 1944 April 8
Roy Watkins Doxey Called as President
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Started On 1944 April 13
Ended On 1948 September
Boundary Change
The mission boundaries were changed to include the state of Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Arlington and Fairfax counties in Virginia. The mission office is also moved at this time to 973 Fifth Avenue in New York City.