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title="Edit section: Established protocol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the head of the LDS Church are fifteen men:<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> three of them, the church president and his two counselors, form the church's highest council, the <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a>. In addition, a council serving the church in a role secondary to that of the First Presidency is the <a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)" title="Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a>. </p> <ul><li>At the death of a church president, the First Presidency automatically dissolves. At this point, the presidency's counselors, if they had been drawn from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, return to their place of seniority within the Twelve, and the church enters an apostolic <a href="/wiki/Interregnum" title="Interregnum">interregnum</a> wherein the Quorum of the Twelve serves as the governing council for the church, under the direction of the quorum's <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)" title="President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">president</a>.</li> <li>The quorum president – invariably the quorum member with longest tenure – possesses the authority to receive revelation to reorganize the First Presidency. If and when he does so, he counsels together with the Twelve on this matter. According to the pattern established when <a href="/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball" title="Spencer W. Kimball">Spencer W. Kimball</a> became the church president in the early 1970s, the Twelve meet to discuss the issue of reorganization on the Sunday following the funeral services held for the previous church president.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If the Quorum is unanimous, they proceed to <a href="/wiki/Setting_apart" title="Setting apart">set apart</a>, by the <a href="/wiki/Laying_on_of_hands" title="Laying on of hands">laying on of hands</a> by all the apostles, the new president, as well as the two counselors he has chosen, in order to form the new First Presidency. These counselors may be chosen from any holder of the <a href="/wiki/Melchizedek_priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Melchizedek priesthood (Latter Day Saints)">Melchizedek priesthood</a>. In most cases they are chosen from among the members of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles.</li> <li>To fill the vacancy arising in the Quorum of the Twelve when its president becomes the church president, or from quorum members leaving the quorum to serve as counselors in the First Presidency, the newly formed First Presidency meet and counsel together in order to recommend Melchizedek Priesthood holders to be called to fill the vacancy, or vacancies. Members of the Quorum of the Twelve can also make recommendations for consideration. The final decision rests with the church president. It is formally voted on, or sustained, by the Twelve and the counselors in the First Presidency.</li></ul> <dl><dd>This, and other church policy decisions, are made unanimously, with consultation among the First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve, and where appropriate, the <a href="/wiki/Seventy_(LDS_Church)" title="Seventy (LDS Church)">Seventy</a>, each of which has its own responsibility. Efforts are made to ensure the organizations are united in purpose and policy.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>The man chosen is generally ordained an apostle by the President of the Church, a counselor in the First Presidency, or the President of the Twelve.</dd></dl> <ul><li>At the next semi-annual <a href="/wiki/General_Conference_(LDS_Church)" title="General Conference (LDS Church)">general conference</a>, the membership of the church has the opportunity of sustaining their new leader by <a href="/wiki/Common_consent_(Mormonism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Common consent (Mormonism)">common consent</a>, at a special conference session referred to as a "<a href="/wiki/Solemn_assembly" title="Solemn assembly">solemn assembly</a>."</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Life_tenure">Life tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apostolic_succession_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Life tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each of the 15 men serving as apostles have life tenure, which may lead to an older or infirm church president, but also provides considerable training of apostles to take over the office of president.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Apostolic_interregnums">Apostolic interregnums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apostolic_succession_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Apostolic interregnums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the death of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a> presided over the church for three years as the President of the Twelve before the First Presidency was reconstituted. The tradition of waiting for two to three years before selecting a new president continued until the 1898 death of the fourth church president, <a href="/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">Wilford Woodruff</a>. Since then, the surviving apostles have typically met in the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Temple" title="Salt Lake Temple">Salt Lake Temple</a> on the Sunday following the late president's funeral, to select and set apart the next church president. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ideal_of_unanimity">Ideal of unanimity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apostolic_succession_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ideal of unanimity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Russell M. Nelson</a>: "In our meetings, the majority never rules! We listen prayerfully to one another and talk with each other until we are united. Then when we have reached complete accord, the unifying influence of the Holy Ghost is spine-tingling! We experience what the Prophet Joseph Smith knew when he taught, 'By union of feeling we obtain power with God.'"<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theological_background;_succession_crisis_of_1844"><span id="Theological_background.3B_succession_crisis_of_1844"></span>Theological background; succession crisis of 1844</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apostolic_succession_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Theological background; succession crisis of 1844"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_succession" title="Apostolic succession">Apostolic succession</a> and <a href="/wiki/Succession_crisis_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)">Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)</a></div> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/Restoration_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Restoration (Latter Day Saints)">LDS restorationist</a> beliefs, a period of universal <a href="/wiki/Apostasy" title="Apostasy">apostasy</a> had followed the death of the Christ's original <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Apostles" class="mw-redirect" title="Twelve Apostles">Twelve Apostles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Without such apostolic prophets left on the earth with possession of legitimate <a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Priesthood (Latter Day Saints)">priesthood authority</a>, many of the true teachings and practices of Christianity were lost. Eventually these were restored to Joseph Smith and others<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a series of divine conferrals and ordinations by angels who held this authority during their lifetimes (see this <a href="/wiki/Restoration_(Latter_Day_Saints)#Partial_list_of_restoration_events" class="mw-redirect" title="Restoration (Latter Day Saints)">partial list of restoration events</a>). Joseph Smith and <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cowdery" title="Oliver Cowdery">Oliver Cowdery</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> said that the apostles <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Peter</a>, <a href="/wiki/James,_son_of_Zebedee" class="mw-redirect" title="James, son of Zebedee">James</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_the_Apostle" title="John the Apostle">John</a> appeared to them in 1829 and conferred upon them the Melchizedek priesthood<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and with it "the keys of the kingdom, and of the dispensation of the fullness of times."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Joseph_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Joseph Smith">death of Joseph Smith</a>, the president of the Quorum of the Twelve was Brigham Young. Young stated that Smith had taught that the Quorum of the Twelve would become the governing body of the church after Smith's death. </p><p>After an apostolic interregnum, the First Presidency was reorganized in 1847, with Young as president. The Twelve again took on a supporting role within a chain of command under the First Presidency. It then became established that, with some similarities to <a href="/wiki/Papal_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Papal election">papal elections</a> by the <a href="/wiki/College_of_Cardinals" title="College of Cardinals">College of Cardinals</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a>, the LDS Church's Quorum of the Twelve would appoint successors upon each death of a church president.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="LDS_historical_precedents">LDS historical precedents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apostolic_succession_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: LDS historical precedents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve" title="Quorum of the Twelve">Quorum of the Twelve</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chronology_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)" title="Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">Chronology of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)</a></div> <p>Prior to 1889, whether succession was to proceed by apostolic seniority had not become a universal expectation.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The History of apostolic succession within the LDS Church follows.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-usu_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usu-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>From 1835 to 1843, seniority within the <a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve" title="Quorum of the Twelve">Quorum of the Twelve</a> (then often called <a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_Twelve" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of the Twelve">Council of the Twelve</a>) was by age, that is, according to dates of birth. By 1843, Joseph Smith changed the criterion for seniority with regard to additions to the quorum to be determined by dates of calling to the quorum.<sup id="cite_ref-usu_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usu-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1875, Brigham Young refined considerations of seniority through subtracting the duration of any interruptions in active service as an apostle. This adjustment by Young changed the seniority of apostles <a href="/wiki/Orson_Hyde" title="Orson Hyde">Orson Hyde</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orson_Pratt" title="Orson Pratt">Orson Pratt</a>, due to brief interruptions in their respective service with the quorum.</li> <li>The apostolic interregnum between Joseph Smith and Brigham Young was 3 years and 5 months. According to a personal journal comment early in this interregnum by Wilford Woodruff, no revelation to reorganize the First Presidency had been received at that time. The second interregnum, between Young and <a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John Taylor (Mormon)">John Taylor</a>, was 3 years and 1 month. The third interregnum, between Taylor and Woodruff, was 1 year and 8 months.</li></ul> <p>During this third interregnum, apostle <a href="/wiki/Heber_J._Grant" title="Heber J. Grant">Heber J. Grant</a> proposed that fellow apostle <a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">Joseph F. Smith</a> be set apart as church president (Smith was a son of Joseph Smith's brother, <a href="/wiki/Hyrum_Smith" title="Hyrum Smith">Hyrum Smith</a>, and had junior tenure within the quorum at the time); however, the proposal did not gain sufficient support from the quorum for it to proceed.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the Quorum of the Twelve has failed to achieve unanimity with regard to any matters brought before it, a decision is made to wait prior to taking action. Notwithstanding consideration of other scenarios on occasion, in every succession to date, church leadership has passed to the individual considered to have the most senior tenure. </p> <ul><li>In 1889, the next church president, Woodruff, advised the next senior-most apostle, <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow" title="Lorenzo Snow">Lorenzo Snow</a>, to shorten the next interregnum going forward, to a matter of days. Describing the process of succession within the LDS Church's overall leadership in 1906 during the <a href="/wiki/Smoot_hearings" class="mw-redirect" title="Smoot hearings">Smoot hearings</a>, then-church president Joseph F. Smith described the then quite recently defined criteria of succession proceeding according by longest apostolic tenure as "a custom. There is no law in relation to it. It does not of necessity follow that the senior apostle would be or should be chosen[...]."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Be that as it may, in practice, from 1889 until the present, the custom has become a universal expectation.</li> <li>Usually two counselors are called to serve along with the church president in the First Presidency but there could be more called. Furthermore, although the counselors are generally called from the Twelve, they don't have to be.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Willard_Young" title="John Willard Young">John Willard Young</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Brigham Young, Jr.">Brigham Young, Jr.</a> were ordained as apostles in 1864. John started service as a counselor in the First Presidency under Brigham Young (1873–1877), while Brigham Jr. served in the Twelve starting in 1868. In 1900, Lorenzo Snow, <a href="/wiki/George_Q._Cannon" title="George Q. Cannon">George Q. Cannon</a>, and Joseph F. Smith changed the definition of seniority so that seniority was based on time in the quorum of the twelve apostles, rather than the time they were ordained apostles, as was previously done with the Youngs. The Youngs were moved down in seniority, making Joseph F. Smith next in line for the presidency instead of Brigham Young Jr.</li> <li>In the early period of the LDS Church, sustaining votes by the church's general membership was not pro forma. Owing Mormons' instilled values of faithful obedience toward their duly anointed leaders, from after the succession of Brigham Young to the present, at LDS Church general conferences or other assemblies, prospective church leaderships presented to the church-membership receive nearly unanimously sustaining votes. Some critics contend that what gains as are achieved through such harmony may on occasion be offset by certain losses in dynamism.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Galleries_and_timelines">Galleries and timelines</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apostolic_succession_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Galleries and timelines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1008px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1845_Apostolic_succession_painting_(cropped_photo).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="From left: Assistant President of the Church Hyrum Smith, apostle Willard Richards, church president Joseph Smith, apostles Orson Pratt, Parley Parker Pratt, Orson Hyde, Heber Chase Kimball, Brigham Young (1845 oil painting)"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/1845_Apostolic_succession_painting_%28cropped_photo%29.jpg/1000px-1845_Apostolic_succession_painting_%28cropped_photo%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="1000" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/1845_Apostolic_succession_painting_%28cropped_photo%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1195" data-file-height="361" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:1845_Apostolic_succession_painting_(cropped_photo).jpg" title="File:1845 Apostolic succession painting (cropped photo).jpg"> </a></div>From left: <a href="/wiki/Assistant_President_of_the_Church" title="Assistant President of the Church">Assistant President of the Church</a> <a href="/wiki/Hyrum_Smith" title="Hyrum Smith">Hyrum Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">apostle</a> <a href="/wiki/Willard_Richards" title="Willard Richards">Willard Richards</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church" title="President of the Church">church president</a> <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">apostles</a> <a href="/wiki/Orson_Pratt" title="Orson Pratt">Orson Pratt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parley_Parker_Pratt" class="mw-redirect" title="Parley Parker Pratt">Parley Parker Pratt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orson_Hyde" title="Orson Hyde">Orson Hyde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heber_Chase_Kimball" class="mw-redirect" title="Heber Chase Kimball">Heber Chase Kimball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a> (1845 oil painting)</div></div></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed center" style="border:#aaa 1px solid; font-size:95%; line-height:135%"> <li class="gallerycaption">President of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Christ_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)">Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Joseph_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Joseph Smith">deaths of Joseph and Hyrum Smith</a></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 148px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 146px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Smith,_Jr._(1843_photograph).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Joseph Smith[20] (age 38) Church president: April 6, 1830 – June 27, 1844"><img alt="Joseph Smith[20] (age 38) Church president: April 6, 1830 – June 27, 1844" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Joseph_Smith%2C_Jr._%281843_photograph%29.jpg/219px-Joseph_Smith%2C_Jr._%281843_photograph%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="146" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Joseph_Smith%2C_Jr._%281843_photograph%29.jpg/328px-Joseph_Smith%2C_Jr._%281843_photograph%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Joseph_Smith%2C_Jr._%281843_photograph%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="567" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(age 38)<br />Church president: April 6, 1830 – June 27, 1844</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 164.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 162.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hyrum_Smith_ca_1880-1920.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Hyrum Smith[21] (age 44) Assistant President of the Church: January 24, 1841 – June 27, 1844"><img alt="Hyrum Smith[21] (age 44) Assistant President of the Church: January 24, 1841 – June 27, 1844" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Hyrum_Smith_ca_1880-1920.png/244px-Hyrum_Smith_ca_1880-1920.png" decoding="async" width="163" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Hyrum_Smith_ca_1880-1920.png/366px-Hyrum_Smith_ca_1880-1920.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Hyrum_Smith_ca_1880-1920.png/488px-Hyrum_Smith_ca_1880-1920.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="598" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Hyrum_Smith" title="Hyrum Smith">Hyrum Smith</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(age 44)<br />Assistant President of the Church: January 24, 1841 – June 27, 1844 </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed center" style="border:#aaa 1px solid; font-size:95%; line-height:135%"> <li class="gallerycaption"><a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve" title="Quorum of the Twelve">Quorum of the Twelve</a> at <a href="/wiki/Succession_crisis_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)">the inaugural apostolic interregnum 1844– </a></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 196.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 194.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:YoungBrigham.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Brigham Young[22] (age 43) February 14, 1835 – [December 27, 1847]"><img alt="Brigham Young[22] (age 43) February 14, 1835 – [December 27, 1847]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/YoungBrigham.jpg/292px-YoungBrigham.jpg" decoding="async" width="195" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/YoungBrigham.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(age 43)<br />February 14, 1835 – [December 27, 1847]</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 158.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 156.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heber_C_Kimball.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Heber C. Kimball[23] (age 43) February 14, 1835 – [December 27, 1847]"><img alt="Heber C. Kimball[23] (age 43) February 14, 1835 – [December 27, 1847]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Heber_C_Kimball.gif/235px-Heber_C_Kimball.gif" decoding="async" width="157" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Heber_C_Kimball.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="307" data-file-height="381" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball" title="Heber C. Kimball">Heber C. Kimball</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(age 43)<br />February 14, 1835 – [December 27, 1847]</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 145.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 143.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Orson_Hyde.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Orson Hyde[24] (age 39) February 15, 1835 – May 4, 1839 June 27, 1839 – [November 28, 1878]"><img alt="Orson Hyde[24] (age 39) February 15, 1835 – May 4, 1839 June 27, 1839 – [November 28, 1878]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Orson_Hyde.jpg/215px-Orson_Hyde.jpg" decoding="async" width="144" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Orson_Hyde.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="265" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Orson_Hyde" title="Orson Hyde">Orson Hyde</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(age 39)<br />February 15, 1835 – May 4, 1839<br />June 27, 1839 – [November 28, 1878]</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 146.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 144.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Parley_P_Pratt.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Parley Pratt[25] (age 37) February 21, 1835 – [May 13, 1857]"><img alt="Parley Pratt[25] (age 37) February 21, 1835 – [May 13, 1857]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Parley_P_Pratt.gif" decoding="async" width="145" height="195" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="209" data-file-height="281" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Parley_Pratt" class="mw-redirect" title="Parley Pratt">Parley Pratt</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(age 37)<br />February 21, 1835 – [May 13, 1857]</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 147.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 145.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Williamsmith.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="William Smith[26] (age 33 [note: photo circa 1862]) February 15, 1835 – May 4, 1839 May 25, 1839 – October 6, 1845"><img alt="William Smith[26] (age 33 [note: photo circa 1862]) February 15, 1835 – May 4, 1839 May 25, 1839 – October 6, 1845" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Williamsmith.gif" decoding="async" width="146" height="195" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="179" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="William Smith (Latter Day Saints)">William Smith</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(age 33<br />[note: photo circa 1862])<br />February 15, 1835 – May 4, 1839<br />May 25, 1839 – October 6, 1845</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 146.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 144.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Orson_Pratt_engraving.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Orson Pratt[27] (age 32) April 26, 1835 – August 20, 1842 January 20, 1843 – [October 3, 1881]"><img alt="Orson Pratt[27] (age 32) April 26, 1835 – August 20, 1842 January 20, 1843 – [October 3, 1881]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Orson_Pratt_engraving.png/217px-Orson_Pratt_engraving.png" decoding="async" width="145" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Orson_Pratt_engraving.png/326px-Orson_Pratt_engraving.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Orson_Pratt_engraving.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="520" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Orson_Pratt" title="Orson Pratt">Orson Pratt</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(age 32)<br />April 26, 1835 – August 20, 1842<br />January 20, 1843 – [October 3, 1881]</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Taylor_12.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John Taylor[28] (age 35) December 19, 1838 – [October 10, 1880]"><img alt="John Taylor[28] (age 35) December 19, 1838 – [October 10, 1880]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/John_Taylor_12.jpg/240px-John_Taylor_12.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/John_Taylor_12.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="267" data-file-height="325" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John Taylor (Mormon)">John Taylor</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(age 35)<br />December 19, 1838 – [October 10, 1880]</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 156px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 154px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WoodruffWilford.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wilford Woodruff[29] (age 37) April 26, 1839 – [April 7, 1889]"><img alt="Wilford Woodruff[29] (age 37) April 26, 1839 – [April 7, 1889]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/WoodruffWilford.jpg/231px-WoodruffWilford.jpg" decoding="async" width="154" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/WoodruffWilford.jpg/347px-WoodruffWilford.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/WoodruffWilford.jpg/463px-WoodruffWilford.jpg 2x" data-file-width="713" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">Wilford Woodruff</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(age 37)<br />April 26, 1839 – [April 7, 1889]</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 148px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 146px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WillardRichards.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Willard Richards[30] (age 40) April 14, 1840 – [December 27, 1847]"><img alt="Willard Richards[30] (age 40) April 14, 1840 – [December 27, 1847]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/WillardRichards.jpg/219px-WillardRichards.jpg" decoding="async" width="146" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/WillardRichards.jpg/329px-WillardRichards.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/WillardRichards.jpg/439px-WillardRichards.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="599" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Willard_Richards" title="Willard Richards">Willard Richards</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(age 40)<br />April 14, 1840 – [December 27, 1847]</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 156px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 154px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SmithGeorgeA.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="George A. Smith[31] (age 27) April 26, 1839 – [October 7, 1868]"><img alt="George A. Smith[31] (age 27) April 26, 1839 – [October 7, 1868]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/SmithGeorgeA.jpg/231px-SmithGeorgeA.jpg" decoding="async" width="154" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/SmithGeorgeA.jpg/347px-SmithGeorgeA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/SmithGeorgeA.jpg/463px-SmithGeorgeA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="713" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/George_A._Smith" title="George A. Smith">George A. Smith</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(age 27)<br />April 26, 1839 – [October 7, 1868]</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 140.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 138.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lymanwight8.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Lyman Wight[32] (age 48) April 8, 1841 – [December 3, 1848]"><img alt="Lyman Wight[32] (age 48) April 8, 1841 – [December 3, 1848]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Lymanwight8.gif/208px-Lymanwight8.gif" decoding="async" width="139" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Lymanwight8.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="298" data-file-height="418" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lyman_Wight" title="Lyman Wight">Lyman Wight</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(age 48)<br />April 8, 1841 – [December 3, 1848]</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 148.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 146.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Amasamlyman.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Amasa M. Lyman[33] (age 31) August 20, 1842 – January 20, 1843 [October 6, 1845 – October 6, 1867]"><img alt="Amasa M. Lyman[33] (age 31) August 20, 1842 – January 20, 1843 [October 6, 1845 – October 6, 1867]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Amasamlyman.png" decoding="async" width="147" height="195" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="140" data-file-height="186" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Amasa_M._Lyman" class="mw-redirect" title="Amasa M. Lyman">Amasa M. Lyman</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(age 31)<br />August 20, 1842 – January 20, 1843<br />[October 6, 1845 – October 6, 1867] </div> </li> </ul> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_j96kd3olmooulgul3oobaezp7t0hrp5"></map><img usemap="#timeline_j96kd3olmooulgul3oobaezp7t0hrp5" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/j96kd3olmooulgul3oobaezp7t0hrp5.png" /></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed center" style="border:#aaa 1px solid; font-size:95%; line-height:135%"> <li class="gallerycaption">Presidents of <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> after Joseph Smith</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 196.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 194.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:YoungBrigham.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Brigham Young December 27, 1847 – August 29, 1877"><img alt="Brigham Young December 27, 1847 – August 29, 1877" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/YoungBrigham.jpg/292px-YoungBrigham.jpg" decoding="async" width="195" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/YoungBrigham.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a><br />December 27, 1847 – August 29, 1877</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 144.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 142.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Taylor_seated_in_chair.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John Taylor October 10, 1880 – July 25, 1887"><img alt="John Taylor October 10, 1880 – July 25, 1887" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/John_Taylor_seated_in_chair.jpg/214px-John_Taylor_seated_in_chair.jpg" decoding="async" width="143" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/John_Taylor_seated_in_chair.jpg/322px-John_Taylor_seated_in_chair.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/John_Taylor_seated_in_chair.jpg/429px-John_Taylor_seated_in_chair.jpg 2x" data-file-width="623" data-file-height="848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John Taylor (Mormon)">John Taylor</a><br />October 10, 1880 – July 25, 1887</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 158px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 156px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilford_Woodruff_1889.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wilford Woodruff April 7, 1889 – September 2, 1898"><img alt="Wilford Woodruff April 7, 1889 – September 2, 1898" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Wilford_Woodruff_1889.jpg/234px-Wilford_Woodruff_1889.jpg" decoding="async" width="156" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Wilford_Woodruff_1889.jpg/352px-Wilford_Woodruff_1889.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Wilford_Woodruff_1889.jpg/469px-Wilford_Woodruff_1889.jpg 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="853" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">Wilford Woodruff</a><br />April 7, 1889 – September 2, 1898</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 132.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lorenzosnow.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lorenzo Snow September 13, 1898 – October 10, 1901"><img alt="Lorenzo Snow September 13, 1898 – October 10, 1901" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Lorenzosnow.jpg/196px-Lorenzosnow.jpg" decoding="async" width="131" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Lorenzosnow.jpg/293px-Lorenzosnow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Lorenzosnow.jpg/391px-Lorenzosnow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="577" data-file-height="861" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow" title="Lorenzo Snow">Lorenzo Snow</a><br />September 13, 1898 – October 10, 1901</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 146px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 144px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JFS_First_Presidency_1905_large.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Joseph F. Smith October 17, 1901 – November 19, 1918"><img alt="Joseph F. Smith October 17, 1901 – November 19, 1918" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/JFS_First_Presidency_1905_large.jpg/216px-JFS_First_Presidency_1905_large.jpg" decoding="async" width="144" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/JFS_First_Presidency_1905_large.jpg/323px-JFS_First_Presidency_1905_large.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/JFS_First_Presidency_1905_large.jpg/431px-JFS_First_Presidency_1905_large.jpg 2x" data-file-width="625" data-file-height="846" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">Joseph F. Smith</a><br />October 17, 1901 – November 19, 1918</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 131.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 129.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heber_J_Grant.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Heber J. Grant November 23, 1918 – May 14, 1945"><img alt="Heber J. Grant November 23, 1918 – May 14, 1945" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Heber_J_Grant.jpg/194px-Heber_J_Grant.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Heber_J_Grant.jpg/290px-Heber_J_Grant.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Heber_J_Grant.jpg/387px-Heber_J_Grant.jpg 2x" data-file-width="457" data-file-height="689" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Heber_J._Grant" title="Heber J. Grant">Heber J. Grant</a><br />November 23, 1918 – May 14, 1945</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 136px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 134px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Albert_Smith.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="George Albert Smith May 21, 1945 – April 4, 1951"><img alt="George Albert Smith May 21, 1945 – April 4, 1951" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/George_Albert_Smith.jpg/201px-George_Albert_Smith.jpg" decoding="async" width="134" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/George_Albert_Smith.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="363" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/George_Albert_Smith" title="George Albert Smith">George Albert Smith</a><br />May 21, 1945 – April 4, 1951</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 134px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 132px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_O._McKay.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="David O. McKay April 9, 1951 – January 18, 1970"><img alt="David O. McKay April 9, 1951 – January 18, 1970" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/David_O._McKay.jpg/198px-David_O._McKay.jpg" decoding="async" width="132" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/David_O._McKay.jpg/297px-David_O._McKay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/David_O._McKay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="339" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/David_O._McKay" title="David O. McKay">David O. McKay</a><br />April 9, 1951 – January 18, 1970</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 134px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 132px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Fielding_Smith.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Joseph Fielding Smith January 23, 1970 – July 2, 1972"><img alt="Joseph Fielding Smith January 23, 1970 – July 2, 1972" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Joseph_Fielding_Smith.jpg/198px-Joseph_Fielding_Smith.jpg" decoding="async" width="132" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Joseph_Fielding_Smith.jpg/297px-Joseph_Fielding_Smith.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Joseph_Fielding_Smith.jpg 2x" data-file-width="334" data-file-height="493" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fielding_Smith" title="Joseph Fielding Smith">Joseph Fielding Smith</a><br />January 23, 1970 – July 2, 1972</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 130.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 128.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harold_B._Lee2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Harold B. Lee July 7, 1972 – December 26, 1973"><img alt="Harold B. Lee July 7, 1972 – December 26, 1973" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Harold_B._Lee2.jpg/193px-Harold_B._Lee2.jpg" decoding="async" width="129" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Harold_B._Lee2.jpg/289px-Harold_B._Lee2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Harold_B._Lee2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="329" data-file-height="498" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Harold_B._Lee" title="Harold B. Lee">Harold B. Lee</a><br />July 7, 1972 – December 26, 1973</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 150px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 148px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Spencer_W._Kimball3.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Spencer W. Kimball December 30, 1973 – November 5, 1985"><img alt="Spencer W. Kimball December 30, 1973 – November 5, 1985" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Spencer_W._Kimball3.JPG/222px-Spencer_W._Kimball3.JPG" decoding="async" width="148" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Spencer_W._Kimball3.JPG/332px-Spencer_W._Kimball3.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Spencer_W._Kimball3.JPG 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="532" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball" title="Spencer W. Kimball">Spencer W. Kimball</a><br />December 30, 1973 – November 5, 1985</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 164px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 162px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ezra_Taft_Benson.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ezra Taft Benson November 10, 1985 – May 30, 1994"><img alt="Ezra Taft Benson November 10, 1985 – May 30, 1994" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Ezra_Taft_Benson.jpg/243px-Ezra_Taft_Benson.jpg" decoding="async" width="162" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Ezra_Taft_Benson.jpg/364px-Ezra_Taft_Benson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Ezra_Taft_Benson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="445" data-file-height="535" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Ezra_Taft_Benson" title="Ezra Taft Benson">Ezra Taft Benson</a><br />November 10, 1985 – May 30, 1994</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 146.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 144.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Howard_W._Hunter.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Howard W. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-02-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Amasa+Mason+Lyman+%26ndash%3B+Biography&rft.pub=Joseph+Smith+Papers&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.josephsmithpapers.org%2Fperson%2Famasa-mason-lyman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApostolic+succession+%28LDS+Church%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apostolic_succession_(LDS_Church)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Official LDS Church</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/manual/teachings-of-the-living-prophets-student-manual/chapter-3?lang=eng">"Chapter 3: Succession in the Presidency"</a>. <i>Teachings of the Living Prophets Student Manual</i>. churchofjesuschrist.org. 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chapter+3%3A+Succession+in+the+Presidency&rft.btitle=Teachings+of+the+Living+Prophets+Student+Manual&rft.pub=churchofjesuschrist.org&rft.date=2010&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fmanual%2Fteachings-of-the-living-prophets-student-manual%2Fchapter-3%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApostolic+succession+%28LDS+Church%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/additional-resource/succession-in-the-presidency-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints">"Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"</a>. <a href="/wiki/MormonNewsroom.org" class="mw-redirect" title="MormonNewsroom.org">MormonNewsroom.org</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 16,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Succession+in+the+Presidency+of+The+Church+of+Jesus+Christ+of+Latter-day+Saints&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fadditional-resource%2Fsuccession-in-the-presidency-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApostolic+succession+%28LDS+Church%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <dl><dt>Scholarship</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMartin_B._Hickman1992" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Martin_B._Hickman" title="Martin B. Hickman">Martin B. Hickman</a> (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/EoM/id/4391/show/4249">"Succession in the Presidency"</a>. 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Park">Benjamin E. Park</a> & Robin Scott Jensen (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1072&context=mormonhistory">"Debating Succession, March 1846: John E. Page, Orson Hyde, and the Trajectories of Joseph Smith's Legacy"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Mormon_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Journal of Mormon History">Journal of Mormon History</a></i>. <b>39</b> (1): 181–205. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F24243747">10.2307/24243747</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/24243747">24243747</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:254480814">254480814</a>.</cite><span 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href="/wiki/The_Family:_A_Proclamation_to_the_World" title="The Family: A Proclamation to the World">Family Proclamation</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gender_minorities_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Gender minorities and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Transgender</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_in_Mormonism" title="God in Mormonism">God in Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavenly_Mother_(Mormonism)" title="Heavenly Mother (Mormonism)">Heavenly Mother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministering" title="Ministering">Ministering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Marriage in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Marriage</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celestial_marriage" title="Celestial marriage">Celestial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interracial_marriage_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Interracial marriage and the Church of Jesus 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magazine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary" title="Mormon missionary">Missionary service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormons" title="Mormons">Mormons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_music" title="Mormon music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_pageants_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="List of pageants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Pageants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Day" title="Pioneer Day">Pioneer Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabernacle_(LDS_Church)" title="Tabernacle (LDS Church)">Tabernacles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabernacle_Choir" title="Tabernacle Choir">Tabernacle Choir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">Temples</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_temples_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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Nelson">Russell M. Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="List of presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">List</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)" title="Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventy_(LDS_Church)" title="Seventy (LDS Church)">Quorums of the Seventy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presiding_Bishop_(LDS_Church)" title="Presiding Bishop (LDS Church)">Presiding Bishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relief_Society" title="Relief Society">Relief Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunday_School_(LDS_Church)" title="Sunday School (LDS Church)">Sunday School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Women_(organization)" title="Young Women (organization)">Young Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Men_(organization)" title="Young Men (organization)">Young Men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primary_(LDS_Church)" title="Primary (LDS Church)">Primary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; 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color:white;;width:1%">Organization</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Congregational <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Area_(LDS_Church)" title="Area (LDS Church)">Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_(LDS_Church)" title="District (LDS Church)">District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stake_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Stake (Latter Day Saints)">Stake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_(LDS_Church)" title="Ward (LDS Church)">Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Membership_statistics_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#Congregations" title="Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Statistics</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_Educational_System" title="Church Educational System">Church Educational System</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">BYU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University%E2%80%93Idaho" title="Brigham Young University–Idaho">BYU-Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University%E2%80%93Hawaii" title="Brigham Young University–Hawaii">BYU-Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BYU%E2%80%93Pathway_Worldwide" title="BYU–Pathway Worldwide">BYU–Pathway Worldwide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_College" title="Ensign College">Ensign College</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Management_Corporation" title="Deseret Management Corporation">Deseret Management Corporation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Book_Company" title="Deseret Book Company">Deseret Book Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Industries" title="Deseret Industries">Deseret Industries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Digital_Media" title="Deseret Digital Media">Deseret Digital Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_Square_Hospitality" title="Temple Square Hospitality">Temple Square Hospitality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_News_Publishing_Company" title="Deseret News Publishing Company">Deseret News Publishing Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonneville_International" title="Bonneville International">Bonneville International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beneficial_Financial_Group" title="Beneficial Financial Group">Beneficial Financial Group</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FamilySearch" title="FamilySearch">FamilySearch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RootsTech" title="RootsTech">RootsTech</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philanthropies" title="Philanthropies">Philanthropies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finances_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Finances of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Finances</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ensign_Peak_Advisors" title="Ensign Peak Advisors">Ensign Peak Advisors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_Emigration_Fund" title="Perpetual Emigration Fund">Perpetual Emigration Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_Education_Fund" title="Perpetual Education Fund">Perpetual Education Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utah_Property_Management_Associates" class="mw-redirect" title="Utah Property Management Associates">Utah Property Management Associates</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AgReserves" title="AgReserves">AgReserves</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Ranches" title="Deseret Ranches">Deseret Ranches</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Criticism of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"><span style="background-color: #003058; color:white;">Criticism</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Mormonism" title="Anti-Mormonism">Anti-Mormonism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Book_of_Abraham" title="Criticism of the Book of Abraham">Book of Abraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Criticism of the Book of Mormon">Book of Mormon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archaeology_and_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Archaeology and the Book of Mormon">Archeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genetics_and_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Genetics and the Book of Mormon">Genetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Book_of_Mormon_geographical_setting" title="Proposed Book of Mormon geographical setting">Geographical setting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historicity_of_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Historicity of the Book of Mormon">Historical authenticity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linguistics_and_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Linguistics and the Book of Mormon">Linguistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Origin_of_the_Book_of_Mormon" title="Origin of the Book of Mormon">Origin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fawn_M._Brodie" title="Fawn M. Brodie">Fawn M. Brodie</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No_Man_Knows_My_History" title="No Man Knows My History"><i>No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Research_Institute" title="Christian Research Institute">Christian Research Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Decker" title="Ed Decker">Ed Decker</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_God_Makers" title="The God Makers">The God Makers</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dehlin" title="John Dehlin">John Dehlin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_Stories_Podcast" title="Mormon Stories Podcast">Mormon Stories Podcast</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Runnells" title="Jeremy Runnells">Jeremy Runnells</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/CES_Letter" title="CES Letter">CES Letter</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinderhook_plates" title="Kinderhook plates">Kinderhook plates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salamander_letter" title="Salamander letter">Salamander letter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_Six" title="September Six">September Six</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerald_and_Sandra_Tanner" title="Jerald and Sandra Tanner">Jerald and Sandra Tanner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truth_%26_Transparency_Foundation" title="Truth & Transparency Foundation">Truth & Transparency Foundation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #002E5D; 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