List of Presidents of the Church and Their Counselors
General Authorities of the Church Research Guide
Presidents of the Church are linked to the Prophets of the Restoration website which is hosted by the Church History Department and teaches about the life and ministry of each President of the Church through multimedia galleries. Most counselors were also members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (which are linked in the Quorum section).
| President | First Counselor | Second Counselor | Additional Counselors |
| Joseph Smith (1832–1844) | Jesse Gause (1832) Sidney Rigdon (1833–1844) | Sidney Rigdon (1832–1833) Frederick G. Williams (1833–1837) Hyrum Smith (1837–1841) William Law (1841–1844) | Oliver Cowdery (1837–1838) Hyrum Smith (1837) Joseph Smith Sr. (1837–1841) John Smith (1837–1844) John C. Bennett (1841–1842) Amasa Lyman (1843–1844) |
| Brigham Young (1847–1877) | Heber C. Kimball (1847–1868) George A. Smith (1868–1875) John Willard Young (1876–1877) | Willard Richards (1847–1854) Jedediah M. Grant (1854–1856) Daniel H. Wells (1857–1877) | Joseph F. Smith (1866–1867) John Willard Young (1873–1877) George Q. Cannon (1873–1877) Brigham Young Jr. (1873–1874) Lorenzo Snow (1873–1877) Albert Carrington (1873–1877) |
| John Taylor (1880–1887) | George Q. Cannon (1880–1887) | Joseph F. Smith (1880–1887) |
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| Wilford Woodruff (1889–1898) | George Q. Cannon (1889–1898) | Joseph F. Smith (1889–1898) |
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| Lorenzo Snow (1898–1901) | George Q. Cannon (1898–1901) Joseph F. Smith (1901; never set apart) | Joseph F. Smith (1898–1901) Rudger Clawson (1901; never set apart) |
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| Joseph F. Smith (1901–1918) | John R. Winder (1901–1910) Anthon H. Lund (1910–1918) | Anthon H. Lund (1901–1910) John Henry Smith (1910–1911) Charles W. Penrose (1911–1918) |
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| Heber J. Grant (1918–1945) | Anthon H. Lund (1918–1921) Charles W. Penrose (1921–1925) Anthony W. Ivins (1925–1934) J. Reuben Clark (1934–1945) | Charles W. Penrose (1918–1921) Anthony W. Ivins (1921–1925) Charles W. Nibley (1925–1931) J. Reuben Clark (1933–1934) David O. McKay (1934–1945) |
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| George Albert Smith (1945–1951) | J. Reuben Clark (1945–1951) | David O. McKay (1945–1951) |
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| David O. McKay (1951–1970) | Stephen L. Richard (1951–1959) J. Reuben Clark (1959–1961) Henry D. Moyle (1961–1963) Hugh B. Brown (1963–1970) | J. Reuben Clark (1951–1959) Henry D. Moyle (1959–1961) Hugh B. Brown (1961–1963) N. Eldon Tanner (1963–1970) | Hugh B. Brown (1961) Thorpe B. Isaacson (1965–1970) Joseph Fielding Smith (1965–1970) Alvin R. Dyer (1968–1970) |
| Joseph Fielding Smith (1970–1972) | Harold B. Lee (1970–1972) | N. Eldon Tanner (1970–1972) |
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| Harold B. Lee (1972–1973) | N. Eldon Tanner (1972–1973) | Marion G. Romney (1972–1973) |
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| Spencer W. Kimball (1973–1985) | N. Eldon Tanner (1973–1982) Marion G. Romney (1982–1985) | Marion G. Romney (1973–1982) Gordon B. Hinckley (1982–1985) | Gordon B. Hinckley (1981–1982) |
| Ezra Taft Benson (1985–1994) | Gordon B. Hinckley (1985–1994) | Thomas S. Monson (1985–1994) |
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| Howard W. Hunter (1994–1995) | Gordon B. Hinckley (1994–1995) | Thomas S. Monson (1994–1995) |
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| Gordon B. Hinckley (1995–2008) | Thomas S. Monson (1995–2008) | James E. Faust (1995–2007) Henry B. Eyring (2007–2008) |
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| Thomas S. Monson (2008–2018) | Henry B. Eyring (2008–2018) | Dieter F. Uchtdorf (2008–2018) |
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| Russell M. Nelson (2018–present) | Dallin H. Oaks (2018–present) | Henry B. Eyring (2018–present) |
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