^Smith became the "First Elder" of the church upon its organization. In this position, Smith acted as the highest leader of the church. However, the office of President of the Church was not formally created until 1832.
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list, presidents, church, jesus, christ, latter, saints, this, article, lists, presidents, church, jesus, christ, latter, saints, church, included, persons, have, served, president, church, prophet, seer, revelator, church, also, apostolic, succession, church,. This article lists the presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints LDS Church The included persons have served as President of the Church and prophet seer and revelator of the LDS Church See also Apostolic succession LDS Church No Portrait President of the Church Birth Ordination Death Length1 Joseph Smith December 23 1805 April 6 1830 de facto 1 January 25 1832 de jure 2 June 27 1844 1844 06 27 aged 38 14 years 2 months de facto 12 years 5 months de jure Church led by Brigham Young as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles 3 years 6 months2 Brigham Young June 1 1801 December 27 1847 August 29 1877 1877 08 29 aged 76 29 years 8 monthsChurch led by John Taylor as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles 3 years 1 month3 John Taylor November 1 1808 October 10 1880 July 25 1887 1887 07 25 aged 78 6 years 9 monthsChurch led by Wilford Woodruff as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles 1 year 8 months4 Wilford Woodruff March 1 1807 April 7 1889 September 2 1898 1898 09 02 aged 91 9 years 4 months5 Lorenzo Snow April 3 1814 September 13 1898 October 10 1901 1901 10 10 aged 87 3 years 1 month6 Joseph F Smith November 13 1838 October 17 1901 November 19 1918 1918 11 19 aged 80 17 years 1 month7 Heber J Grant November 22 1856 November 23 1918 May 14 1945 1945 05 14 aged 88 26 years 5 months8 George Albert Smith April 4 1870 May 21 1945 April 4 1951 1951 04 04 aged 81 5 years 10 months9 David O McKay September 8 1873 April 9 1951 January 18 1970 1970 01 18 aged 96 18 years 9 months10 Joseph Fielding Smith July 19 1876 January 23 1970 July 2 1972 1972 07 02 aged 95 2 years 5 months11 Harold B Lee March 28 1899 July 7 1972 December 26 1973 1973 12 26 aged 74 1 year 5 months12 Spencer W Kimball March 28 1895 December 30 1973 November 5 1985 1985 11 05 aged 90 11 years 10 months13 Ezra Taft Benson August 4 1899 November 10 1985 May 30 1994 1994 05 30 aged 94 8 years 6 months14 Howard W Hunter November 14 1907 June 5 1994 March 3 1995 1995 03 03 aged 87 9 months15 Gordon B Hinckley June 23 1910 March 12 1995 January 27 2008 2008 01 27 aged 97 12 years 10 months16 Thomas S Monson August 21 1927 February 3 2008 January 2 2018 2018 01 02 aged 90 9 years 11 months17 Russell M Nelson September 9 1924 January 14 2018 Living 98 years 3 months as of today Current 4 years 11 months as of today Timeline EditSee also EditChronology of the First Presidency LDS Church Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles LDS Church List of members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles LDS Church Notes Edit Smith became the First Elder of the church upon its organization In this position Smith acted as the highest leader of the church However the office of President of the Church was not formally created until 1832 Smith was officially sustained as President of the High Priesthood of the church on this day at a general conference in Amherst Ohio Joseph Smith B H Roberts ed History of the Church 1 242 44 References Edit Latter Day Saint movement portal Presidents of the Church LDS Church Archived from the original on 2004 07 05 Retrieved 2009 05 07 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints amp oldid 1127380534, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
