Missionary work had been conducted in the region during the early Church period, but the Southern States mission wasn't officially organized until the April Conference of 1876 when John Brown and several others were called to open the southern states of the U.S. to missionary work.
The mission would shrink between 1893 and 1902 losing: Maryland (1893), Arkansas (1895), Texas (1897), West Virginia (1902), North Carolina (1902), Kentucky (1902), and Tennessee (1902). Although it would gain a few of these states back when the Middle States Mission closed in 1903.
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1876 April 8
Henry Green Boyle Set Apart as Mission President
1876 October 9 – 1877 November 13
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John Morgan Set Apart as Mission President
1878 January 25 – 1888 January 4
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William Spry Called as Mission President
1888 January 4 – 1891 August 13
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J. Golden Kimball Set Apart as Mission President
1891 July 31 – 1894 May 23
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Elias Smith Kimball Set Apart as Mission President
1894 May 11 – 1898 June 27
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Benjamin Erastus Rich Set Apart as Mission President
1898 June 10 – 1902 July 3
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Ephraim Hesmer Nye Called as Mission President
1902 May 22 – 1903 May 15
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Nathan John Harris Called as Mission President
1903 June 1 – August 7
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Benjamin Erastus Rich Called as Mission President
1903 August 7 – 1908 August 8
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Charles A. Callis Set Apart as Mission President
1908 April 14 – 1934 February 3
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LeGrand Richards Set Apart as Mission President
1933 December 29 – 1937 June 19
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Merrill Daniel Clayson Set Apart as Mission President
1937 June 8 – 1940 August 4
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William Porter Whitaker Set Apart as Mission President
1940 July 17 – 1943 September 10
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Heber Meeks Set Apart as Mission President
1943 August 25 – 1948 April 22
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