Organized 15 December 1896 as the Colorado Mission. The name changed to the Western States Mission on 1 April 1907.
Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1907 April 1
Relationships
Predecessor
John Lester Herrick Set Apart as Mission President
1908 December 25 – 1919 June 22
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John Miner Knight Set Apart as Mission President
1919 June 16 – 1928 April 16
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Elias Smith Woodruff Set Apart as Mission President
1928 March 6 – 1933 December 1
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Departed from the Field
Joseph John Daynes, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President
1933 October 31 – 1937 June 17
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Arrived at Home
William West Seegmiller Set Apart as Mission President
1937 May 27 – 1941 July 17
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Arrived at Home
Elbert R. Curtis Set Apart as Mission President
1941 July 10 – 1945 February 24
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Richard William Madsen, Jr. Set Apart as Mission President
1945 February 2 – December 17
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Francis Alfred Child Set Apart as Mission President
1945 December 7 – 1949 October 5
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Albert Lewis Elggren Called as Mission President
1954 – 1958
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Media
Western States Mission Map 1907
United States Mission Presidents
Conference of Colorado Missionaries
Denver District and Mission Office
Nebraska Conference, 1911
Western States Mission Home
Western States Mission Map 1925
Western States Mission Map 1930