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.
John Brown Called as President
Mission Founded
Orson Pratt Sr. Called as President
Samuel Brannan Called as President
William Ivins Appleby Called as President
Wilford Woodruff Called as President
John Taylor Called as President
William Hart Miles Called as President
John Morgan Called as President
Frederick Kesler Called as President
Mission Reopened
The Eastern States Mission was re-opened with headquarters at Brooklyn, New York.
Boundary Change
Maryland, Delaware, with the southern part of West Virginia and West Pennsylvania added to the mission.
Headquarters Move
Mission Home was located at 50 Concord St., Brooklyn New York.
Alonzo Pratt Kesler Sr. Called as President
William Henry Smart Called as President
Edward Hunter Snow Called as President
John Gray McQuarrie Called as President
Ephraim Hesmer Nye Called as President
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.
Headquarters Move
The mission home was located at 213 W 135th street, New York City, New York.
Benjamin Erastus Rich Called as President
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.
Boundary Change
The Main Conference was transferred to the Canadian Mission. The mission home is located at 273 Gates Ave., Brooklyn, New York.
Henry Herman Rolapp Called as President
James Henry Moyle Called as President
Headquarters Move
The mission home is moved from 273 Gates Ave., Brooklyn, New York, to 155 Riverside Drive, New York City.
Israel Franklin Evans Called as President
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.
Gustave Arnt Iverson Called as President
Roy Watkins Doxey Called as President
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.
