
Church History Biographical Database
The first branch in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) was founded on Maui in August 1851. By 1854, there were over 4,000 Hawaiian converts in 53 branches scattered throughout the islands, the Book of Mormon had been translated into Hawaiian, and converts gathered to a colony on Lanai. Missionaries left in 1857 at the time of the Utah War, but returned in 1864. In 1865 the Church purchased a sugar plantation in Laie, Oahu. The histories of the Laie plantation and the Hawaiian Mission intertwined as some mission presidents served simultaneously as plantation manager. In 1919 the plantation closed and the Laie Temple was dedicated on the same land.
Hiram Clark Called as President
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Started On 1850 September
Ended On 1851 February 22
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Philip Bessom Lewis, Sr. Called as President
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Started On 1851
Ended On 1855
Silas Schellinger Smith Called as President
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Started On 1855 July 24
Ended On 1857 October 6
Henry William Bigler Called as President
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Started On 1857 April 22
Ended On 1858 October
Lorenzo Snow Called as President
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Started On 1864 March 2
Ended On 1864 June
Joseph F Smith Called as President
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Started On 1864 March 2
Ended On 1864 October 2
Alma Lamoni Smith Called as President
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Started On 1864 October 2
Ended On 1868 June 15
George Nebeker Called as President
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Started On 1865 May 1
Ended On 1873 June
Frederick Augustus Herman Frank Mitchell Called as President
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Started On 1873 May 19
Ended On 1875 February 23
Alma Lamoni Smith Called as President
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Started On 1874 September 7
Ended On 1876 July 3
Simpson Montgomery Molen Called as President
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Started On 1876 April 10
Ended On 1879 July 21
Harvey Harris Cluff Called as President
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Started On 1879 April 9
Ended On 1882 August 16
Edward Partridge, Jr. Called as President
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Started On 1882 April 10
Ended On 1885 March 27
Enoch Farr Called as President
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Started On 1884 October 13
Ended On 1887 May 30
William Rice King Called as President
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Started On 1887
Ended On 1890
Ward Eaton Pack Called as President
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Started On 1889 March 5
Ended On 1892 January 5
Matthew Noall Called as President
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Started On 1891 November 13
Ended On 1895 November 30
Samuel Edwin Woolley Called as President
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Started On 1895 August 9
Ended On 1919
Elias Wesley Smith Called as President
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Started On 1919 May 8
Ended On 1923 May 19
Eugene Jefferson Neff Called as President
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Started On 1923 February 2
Ended On 1926 June 8
William Mark Waddoups Called as President
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Started On 1926 June 20
Ended On 1930 October 26
Henry Castle Hadlock Murphy Called as President
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Started On 1930 August 19
Ended On 1936 May 3
Waldmar Francis Bailey Called as President
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Started On 1936 June 3
Ended On 1939 July 23
Roscoe Cleon Cox Called as President
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Started On 1939 July 15
Ended On 1942 July 4
Henry Castle Hadlock Murphy Called as President
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Started On 1944 March 8
Ended On 1947 May 6





