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Monson</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomassmonson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photo of Thomas S. Monson" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Thomassmonson.jpg/220px-Thomassmonson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Thomassmonson.jpg/330px-Thomassmonson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Thomassmonson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="391" data-file-height="399" /></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;">16th <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">President</a> 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></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">February 3, 2008 (2008-02-03) – January 2, 2018 (2018-01-02)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Gordon B. Hinckley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Russell M. Nelson</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;"><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 of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Boyd_K._Packer" title="Boyd K. Packer">Boyd K. Packer</a> as <a href="/wiki/Acting_President_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles" title="Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles">Acting President</a>)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">March 12, 1995 (1995-03-12) – February 3, 2008 (2008-02-03)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data">Gordon B. Hinckley</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boyd_K._Packer" title="Boyd K. Packer">Boyd K. Packer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">End reason</th><td class="infobox-data">Became President of the Church</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;">First Counselor in the <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">March 12, 1995 (1995-03-12) – January 27, 2008 (2008-01-27)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Called by</th><td class="infobox-data">Gordon B. Hinckley</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data">Gordon B. Hinckley</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring" title="Henry B. Eyring">Henry B. Eyring</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">End reason</th><td class="infobox-data">Dissolution of First Presidency upon the death of Gordon B. Hinckley</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;">Second Counselor in the First Presidency</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">November 10, 1985 (1985-11-10) – March 3, 1995 (1995-03-03)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Called by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ezra_Taft_Benson" title="Ezra Taft Benson">Ezra Taft Benson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data">Gordon B. Hinckley</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_E._Faust" title="James E. Faust">James E. Faust</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">End reason</th><td class="infobox-data">Dissolution of First Presidency upon the death of <a href="/wiki/Howard_W._Hunter" title="Howard W. Hunter">Howard W. Hunter</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)" title="Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">October 4, 1963 (1963-10-04) – November 10, 1985 (1985-11-10)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Called by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_O._McKay" title="David O. McKay">David O. McKay</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">End reason</th><td class="infobox-data">Called as Second Counselor in the First Presidency</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender; line-height: normal; padding: 0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">LDS Church</a> <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">Apostle</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">October 10, 1963 (1963-10-10) – January 2, 2018 (2018-01-02)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Called by</th><td class="infobox-data">David O. McKay</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reason</th><td class="infobox-data">Death of <a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Moyle" title="Henry D. Moyle">Henry D. Moyle</a>; <a href="/wiki/N._Eldon_Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="N. Eldon Tanner">N. Eldon Tanner</a> added to First Presidency</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reorganization at end of term</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gerrit_W._Gong" title="Gerrit W. Gong">Gerrit W. Gong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ulisses_Soares" title="Ulisses Soares">Ulisses Soares</a> were ordained following deaths of Monson and <a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Hales" title="Robert D. Hales">Robert D. 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As president, he was considered by adherents of the religion to be a <a href="/wiki/Prophet,_seer,_and_revelator" class="mw-redirect" title="Prophet, seer, and revelator">prophet, seer, and revelator</a>. Monson's early career was as a manager at the <a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a>, a Utah newspaper owned by the LDS Church. He spent most of his life engaged in various church leadership positions and public service. Monson was ordained an <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">LDS apostle</a> at age 36, served in the <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a> under three church presidents, and was the <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 of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a> from March 12, 1995, until he became President of the Church on February 3, 2008.<a href="#cite_note-LDSbio-1">[1]</a> He succeeded <a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Gordon B. Hinckley</a> as church president.<a href="#cite_note-pressrelease-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> Monson received four <a href="/wiki/Honorary_degree" title="Honorary degree">honorary doctorate degrees</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America" title="Boy Scouts of America">Boy Scouts of America</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Silver_Buffalo_Award" title="Silver Buffalo Award">Silver Buffalo</a> and the <a href="/wiki/World_Organization_of_the_Scout_Movement" title="World Organization of the Scout Movement">World Organization of the Scout Movement</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Wolf" class="mw-redirect" title="Bronze Wolf">Bronze Wolf</a>—the highest awards in each organization. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Executive_Board_of_the_Boy_Scouts_of_America" title="National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America">National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America</a>, the organization's governing body.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> Monson was chairman of the Boards of Trustees/Education of the <a href="/wiki/Church_Educational_System" title="Church Educational System">Church Educational System</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> appointed him to the U.S. <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Task_Force_for_Private_Sector_Initiatives" class="mw-redirect" title="President's Task Force for Private Sector Initiatives">President's Task Force for Private Sector Initiatives</a>. He married Frances Beverly Johnson in the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Temple" title="Salt Lake Temple">Salt Lake Temple</a> in 1948, and together they raised their three children. Frances died on May 17, 2013.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life">edit</a>]</div> Monson was born on August 21, 1927, at St. Mark's Hospital<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChase2013[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidOvnSO8VKD0ECdqgladyscondiemonsonpgPA485_485]-7">[7]</a> in <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, Utah, the son of George Spencer Monson and Gladys Condie Monson.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> The second of six children, Monson grew up in a "tight-knit" family, with many of his mother's relatives living on the same street and the extended family frequently vacationing together.<a href="#cite_note-influence-9">[9]</a> The family's neighborhood included several residents of <a href="/wiki/Mexicans" title="Mexicans">Mexican</a> descent, an environment in which Monson said he developed a love for the Mexican people and culture.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> Monson often spent weekends with relatives on their farms in Granger (now part of <a href="/wiki/West_Valley_City" class="mw-redirect" title="West Valley City">West Valley City</a>), and as a teenager, he worked at a printing business his father managed.<a href="#cite_note-influence-9">[9]</a> From 1940 to 1944, Monson attended <a href="/wiki/West_High_School_(Utah)" title="West High School (Utah)">West High School</a> in Salt Lake City. In the fall of 1944, he enrolled at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a>. Around this time he met his future wife, Frances, whose family came from a higher social class on the east side of the city. Her father, Franz Johnson, saw an immediate connection because Monson's great uncle, Elias Monson, had <a href="/wiki/Baptism_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptism (Latter Day Saints)">baptized</a> him into the LDS Church in Sweden.<a href="#cite_note-influence-9">[9]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career">edit</a>]</div> In 1945, Monson joined the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">United States Naval Reserve</a> and anticipated participating in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic-Pacific Theater">Pacific theater</a>.<a href="#cite_note-LDSbio-1">[1]</a> He was sent to <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>, for training, but was not stationed overseas before the <a href="/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day" title="Victory over Japan Day">end of the war</a>. His tour of duty lasted six months beyond the end of the war, then he returned to the University of Utah. Monson graduated in 1948 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> <a href="/wiki/Latin_honors#Types" title="Latin honors">cum laude</a> in <a href="/wiki/Business_management" class="mw-redirect" title="Business management">business management</a>.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> Monson did not serve a <a href="/wiki/Missionary_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Missionary (LDS Church)">mission</a> as a youth. At age 21, on October 7, 1948, he married Frances Beverly Johnson in the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Temple" title="Salt Lake Temple">Salt Lake Temple</a>.<a href="#cite_note-LDSLia-12">[12]</a> The couple eventually had three children: Thomas Lee, Ann Frances, and Clark Spencer.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> After college he rejoined the Naval Reserve with the aim of becoming an officer. Shortly after receiving his commission acceptance letter, his local <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Bishop (Latter Day Saints)">bishop</a> asked him to serve as a counselor in the <a href="/wiki/Bishopric_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric (LDS Church)">bishopric</a>.<a href="#cite_note-LDSLia-12">[12]</a> Time conflicts with bishopric meetings would have made Navy service impossible. After discussion with church apostle <a href="/wiki/Harold_B._Lee" title="Harold B. Lee">Harold B. Lee</a> (his former <a href="/wiki/Stake_president" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake president">stake president</a>), Monson declined the commission and applied for a discharge. The Navy granted his discharge in the last group processed before the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Liahona-14">[14]</a> Lee <a href="/wiki/Setting_apart" title="Setting apart">set him apart</a> six months later as a bishop—mentioning in the blessing that he likely would not have been <a href="/wiki/Calling_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Calling (LDS Church)">called</a> if he had accepted the commission.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-Liahona-14">[14]</a> Monson briefly taught at the University of Utah,<a href="#cite_note-desnews_20160824-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> then began a career in publishing. His first job was with the <a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a>, where he became an advertising executive. He joined the advertising operations at the <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_Agency_Corporation" title="Newspaper Agency Corporation">Newspaper Agency Corporation</a> at its formation in 1952. One year later, Monson transferred to the Deseret News Press, beginning as sales manager and eventually becoming general manager.<a href="#cite_note-Timeline-18">[18]</a> While at Deseret News Press, Monson worked to publish <a href="/wiki/LeGrand_Richards" title="LeGrand Richards">LeGrand Richards</a>'s <a href="/wiki/A_Marvelous_Work_And_A_Wonder" class="mw-redirect" title="A Marvelous Work And A Wonder">A Marvelous Work And A Wonder</a>. He also worked with Gordon B. Hinckley, the LDS Church's representative on publications, with whom he would later serve in the First Presidency. In addition to serving as a counselor to President Hinckley, President Monson also served alongside two other church presidents.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_church_leadership">Local church leadership</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Local church leadership">edit</a>]</div> On May 7, 1950, Monson became an LDS <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Bishop (Latter Day Saints)">bishop</a> at age 22, serving for five years in two <a href="/wiki/Ward_(LDS_Church)" title="Ward (LDS Church)">wards</a>. He had previously served as ward clerk, ward <a href="/wiki/Young_Men_(organization)" title="Young Men (organization)">Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association</a> superintendent.<a href="#cite_note-Timeline-18">[18]</a> At the time, Monson's <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a> ward contained over 1,000 people, including 85 widows whom he visited regularly, and he continued visiting these widows after completing his service as bishop.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> He brought them gifts during the Christmas season, including poultry he had raised himself.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Monson eventually spoke at the funerals of each of these women.<a href="#cite_note-pressrelease-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Also during his time as bishop, 23 men from his ward served in the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>. He wrote weekly personal letters to each <a href="/wiki/Serviceman" class="mw-redirect" title="Serviceman">serviceman</a>.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> During his service as bishop of the 6th-7th Ward, sacrament meeting attendance in the ward quadrupled.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> On June 16, 1955,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChase2013490-25">[25]</a> at age 27, Monson became a counselor to Percy K. Fetzer in the <a href="/wiki/Stake_president" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake president">presidency</a> of the Salt Lake Temple View <a href="/wiki/Stake_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake (LDS Church)">Stake</a>.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> He was replaced as bishop of the 6th-7th ward the following month. In the <a href="/wiki/Stake_presidency" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake presidency">stake presidency</a>, Monson oversaw the stake's <a href="/wiki/Primary_(LDS_Church)" title="Primary (LDS Church)">Primary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunday_School_(LDS_Church)" title="Sunday School (LDS Church)">Sunday School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Young_Men_(organization)" title="Young Men (organization)">MIA</a>, athletics and budget, until he was moved to <a href="/wiki/Holladay,_Utah" title="Holladay, Utah">Holladay, Utah</a>, in June 1957.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> In Holladay, Monson was assigned to a ward building committee, to coordinate ward members' volunteer service to build a meetinghouse.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mission_president_in_Canada">Mission president in Canada</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mission president in Canada">edit</a>]</div> In April 1959,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChase2013490-25">[25]</a> at age 31, Monson became <a href="/wiki/Mission_president" title="Mission president">president</a> of the church's Canadian <a href="/wiki/Mission_(LDS_Church)" title="Mission (LDS Church)">Mission</a> (consisting of <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>), and served until January 1962.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChase2013490-25">[25]</a> Monson's third child, Clark, was born during his mission presidency.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> As there were no local <a href="/wiki/Stake_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake (LDS Church)">stakes</a> in Ontario or Quebec at the time, Monson was responsible for both the missionaries and all LDS Church operations in the area. When he became mission president, he oversaw 130 <a href="/wiki/Missionary_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Missionary (LDS Church)">missionaries</a> and 55 church branches divided into nine <a href="/wiki/District_(LDS_Church)" title="District (LDS Church)">districts</a>.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> During his tenure, the number of missionaries peaked at 180.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> Historically, most districts and branches in the area had been presided over by full-time missionaries, but Monson placed local members as presidents of branches and districts soon after arriving.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Monson initiated <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>-speaking <a href="/wiki/Proselytism" title="Proselytism">proselytizing</a> efforts in Quebec.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> He directed increased missionary work to immigrants from the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Italy, Soviet Union and Hungary.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> <a href="/wiki/Jacob_de_Jager" title="Jacob de Jager">Jacob de Jager</a>, a future LDS <a href="/wiki/General_authority" title="General authority">general authority</a>, was among the immigrant converts. Monson encouraged members to remain in eastern Canada, instead of migrating to Utah or Alberta as many members had done before, to help build the church's presence.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> To help encourage members to stay in Canada, increase the perception of permanence, and better reach potential converts, he started a major construction program for new meetinghouses. Until then, most branches had used rented halls.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> Efforts made during Monson's service came to fruition when a stake was organized in Toronto on August 14, 1960. However, most of the mission's area remained in districts. A more complete presence in Ontario would not come until the dedication of the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Ontario_Temple" title="Toronto Ontario Temple">Toronto Ontario Temple</a> in 1990, which Monson attended as a member of the First Presidency.<a href="#cite_note-SLTobit-37">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_Utah">Return to Utah</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Return to Utah">edit</a>]</div> Immediately after returning from Canada, Monson was called to the <a href="/wiki/Stake_High_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake High Council">high council</a> of the Valley View Stake in Holladay. Two months later he was made area supervisor over nine stake missions (Winder, Wilford, Monument Park, Monument Park West, Hillside, Highland, Parleys, Sugarhouse, and Wasatch). Eight of these stakes were in Salt Lake City or its east-side suburbs, with the Wasatch Stake based in <a href="/wiki/Heber_City,_Utah" title="Heber City, Utah">Heber City</a>.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> He also joined the church's Priesthood Genealogy Committee, and later the Priesthood <a href="/wiki/Home_Teaching" class="mw-redirect" title="Home Teaching">Home Teaching</a> Committee.<a href="#cite_note-Timeline-18">[18]</a> Monson resumed his work with the Deseret News as assistant general manager of the Deseret News Press, mainly doing non-newspaper printing. A month later he was made the general manager of the Deseret News Press. At the time, it was the largest printing plant in the United States west of the Mississippi River.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> Monson remained in this position until 1963, when he was called as <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">apostle</a>.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Bush_meets_with_First_Presidency_of_LDS_church_May_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/President_Bush_meets_with_First_Presidency_of_LDS_church_May_2008.jpg/220px-President_Bush_meets_with_First_Presidency_of_LDS_church_May_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/President_Bush_meets_with_First_Presidency_of_LDS_church_May_2008.jpg/330px-President_Bush_meets_with_First_Presidency_of_LDS_church_May_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/President_Bush_meets_with_First_Presidency_of_LDS_church_May_2008.jpg/440px-President_Bush_meets_with_First_Presidency_of_LDS_church_May_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="515" data-file-height="335" /></a><figcaption>Monson, accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring" title="Henry B. Eyring">Henry B. Eyring</a>, shakes hands with <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">U.S. President George W. Bush</a> on May 29, 2008, in the <a href="/wiki/Church_Administration_Building" title="Church Administration Building">Church Administration Building</a> in Salt Lake City, Utah.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Apostleship">Apostleship</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Apostleship">edit</a>]</div> Monson was <a href="/wiki/Common_consent_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Common consent (Latter Day Saints)">sustained</a> to 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> at <a href="/wiki/General_Conference_(LDS_Church)" title="General Conference (LDS Church)">general conference</a> on October 4, 1963. He was the youngest man called to the Quorum of the Twelve in 53 years, and was 17 years younger than the next youngest member, Gordon B. Hinckley.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> He was <a href="/wiki/Ordination" title="Ordination">ordained</a> and <a href="/wiki/Setting_apart" title="Setting apart">set apart</a> on October 10, 1963, by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fielding_Smith" title="Joseph Fielding Smith">Joseph Fielding Smith</a>.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> From 1965 to 1968, Monson oversaw church operations in the South Pacific and Australia.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> During this time he organized the first LDS <a href="/wiki/Stake_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Stake (Latter Day Saints)">stake</a> in Tonga.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> With his business background, he helped oversee many church operations, including <a href="/wiki/KSL_(radio)" class="mw-redirect" title="KSL (radio)">KSL Newsradio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bonneville_International" title="Bonneville International">Bonneville International</a>. He was chairman of the Scripture Publication Committee in the 1970s that oversaw publication of the <a href="/wiki/LDS_edition_of_the_Bible" title="LDS edition of the Bible">LDS Church edition</a> of the <a href="/wiki/King_James_Bible" class="mw-redirect" title="King James Bible">King James Bible</a>, and revised editions of <a href="/wiki/Standard_works" title="Standard works">church scriptures</a> containing footnotes and guides. He also oversaw the church's Printing Advisory, Missionary Executive,<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> and General Welfare committees. While an apostle, he continued his education and received a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_business_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of business administration">master of business administration</a> degree from <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a> in 1974.<a href="#cite_note-Timeline-18">[18]</a> Monson later oversaw church operations in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe</a> and helped the church gain access in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_bloc" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet bloc">Soviet bloc</a>. On August 29, 1982,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChase2013494-46">[46]</a> he organized the first stake in <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a> and was instrumental in obtaining permission for the LDS Church to build a <a href="/wiki/Freiberg_Germany_Temple" title="Freiberg Germany Temple">temple</a> in <a href="/wiki/Freiberg,_Saxony" class="mw-redirect" title="Freiberg, Saxony">Freiberg, East Germany</a>, which was completed in 1985.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_organizations">Other organizations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other organizations">edit</a>]</div> In the mid-1950s Monson was the secretary of the Utah State Roller Club, a group of pigeon breeders.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> Monson was a member of the National Executive Board of <a href="/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America" title="Boy Scouts of America">Boy Scouts of America</a> starting in 1969. From 1969 to 1988 Monson was on the <a href="/wiki/Mountain_Bell" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain Bell">Mountain Bell</a> Board of Advisors. From 1971 to 1977, he served on the Utah State Board of Higher Education and the <a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Board_of_Regents" class="mw-redirect" title="Utah State Board of Regents">Utah State Board of Regents</a>. He was a member of the board of directors of Commercial Security Bank, chairing the bank's audit committee for 20 years.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">when?</a>] In 1993, when the bank was purchased by <a href="/wiki/Key_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Key Bank">Key Bank</a>, Monson joined the Board of Directors of Key Bank. In 1981, Ronald Reagan appointed him to the President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives,<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> serving until its completion in December 1982.<a href="#cite_note-Scout-50">[50]</a> Monson resigned most of his positions in 1996 when church leadership determined all the general authorities should leave all business boards of directors, except for <a href="/wiki/Deseret_Management_Corporation" title="Deseret Management Corporation">Deseret Management Corporation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> From 1965 until 1996 Monson was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Deseret_News_Publishing_Company" title="Deseret News Publishing Company">Deseret News Publishing Company</a> board of directors. He became chairman of the board of directors in 1977.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Presidency">First Presidency</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: First Presidency">edit</a>]</div> Following the death of church president <a href="/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball" title="Spencer W. Kimball">Spencer W. Kimball</a> in 1985, newly selected church president <a href="/wiki/Ezra_Taft_Benson" title="Ezra Taft Benson">Ezra Taft Benson</a> asked Hinckley and Monson to serve as his First and Second Counselors. Monson and Hinckley also served as counselors to Benson's successor, <a href="/wiki/Howard_W._Hunter" title="Howard W. Hunter">Howard W. Hunter</a>.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> When Hinckley succeeded Hunter in 1995, Monson became his first counselor.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChase2013497-54">[54]</a> He served until Hinckley's death on January 27, 2008. As the second most senior of the apostles behind Hinckley, Monson simultaneously served as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; <a href="/wiki/Boyd_K._Packer" title="Boyd K. Packer">Boyd K. Packer</a> (then third in seniority) served as <a href="/wiki/Acting_President_of_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles" title="Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles">Acting President</a> during that time.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Obama_family_tree.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Obama_family_tree.jpg/220px-Obama_family_tree.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Obama_family_tree.jpg/330px-Obama_family_tree.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Obama_family_tree.jpg/440px-Obama_family_tree.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>Monson, accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Dallin_H._Oaks" title="Dallin H. Oaks">apostle Dallin H. Oaks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Senate_Majority_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Majority Leader">Senate Majority Leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid">Harry Reid</a>, delivers family history records to <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">U.S. President Barack Obama</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LDS_Church_president">LDS Church president</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: LDS Church president">edit</a>]</div> Monson became the 16th president of the LDS Church on February 3, 2008, succeeding Hinckley, who had died seven days earlier. Monson selected <a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring" title="Henry B. Eyring">Henry B. Eyring</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dieter_F._Uchtdorf" title="Dieter F. Uchtdorf">Dieter F. Uchtdorf</a> as his first and second counselors, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-pressrelease-2">[2]</a> When Monson was born, there were fewer than 650,000 church members in the world, most of them living in the western United States. At the time he became the church's president, there were over <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_statistics" class="mw-redirect" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics">13 million members worldwide</a>, with the majority living outside the United States and Canada. As of October 2012, <a href="/wiki/List_of_temples_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#Under_construction" class="mw-redirect" title="List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">31 temples announced</a> by Monson were either under construction or in planning.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> Monson and his counselors met with <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> on May 29, 2008, during Bush's visit to Salt Lake City.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> He and apostle <a href="/wiki/Dallin_H._Oaks" title="Dallin H. Oaks">Dallin H. Oaks</a> met with President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid">Harry Reid</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Oval_Office" title="Oval Office">Oval Office</a> on July 20, 2009, and presented Obama with five volumes of his personal family history records.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> Monson did not attend a meeting other church leaders, including Eyring and Uchtdorf, had with Obama during his visit to Utah in April 2015. A church spokesperson indicated the absence was in order to save Monson's strength for the church's general conference the following weekend.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> As 2015 progressed, Monson gave the closing talk at the funerals of <a href="/wiki/L._Tom_Perry" title="L. Tom Perry">L. Tom Perry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boyd_K._Packer" title="Boyd K. Packer">Boyd K. Packer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Scott" title="Richard G. Scott">Richard G. Scott</a>.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> On May 23, 2017, the LDS Church said Monson would no longer be attending meetings at the church's offices on a regular basis, because of limitations incident to age.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> With his birthday on August 21, 2017, Monson became the seventh<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> president of the LDS Church to be a nonagenarian.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> Consistent with the May 2017 statement, the LDS Church announced on September 28, 2017, that Monson would not attend the church's upcoming general conference, due to the same health and age-related limitations. He was the first church president to miss an entire general conference weekend since Ezra Taft Benson in 1992.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> The same reason was given when Monson did not attend the funeral of <a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Hales" title="Robert D. Hales">Robert D. Hales</a>, who died on the Sunday of the church's October general conference.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Death">edit</a>]</div> Monson died of natural causes at the age of 90 on January 2, 2018, at his home in Salt Lake City.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-SLTobit-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> The following day, the LDS Church announced that a public viewing would be held on January 11, in the church's <a href="/wiki/LDS_Conference_Center" title="LDS Conference Center">Conference Center</a>, with funeral services scheduled the following day, also in the Conference Center.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> His death, along with the passing of Hales a couple of months prior, created two vacancies in the Quorum of the Twelve, which were filled at the next general conference.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> He was succeeded as church president by <a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Russell M. Nelson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> After Monson's death, the obituary posted by <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, which noted several controversies during his presidency, drew negative attention.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> The Times was criticized for bias against Monson, with one writer citing the obituaries of <a href="/wiki/Fidel_Castro" title="Fidel Castro">Fidel Castro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Hefner" title="Hugh Hefner">Hugh Hefner</a> in contrast.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> An <a href="/wiki/Online_petition" title="Online petition">online petition</a> asking the Times to remove the obituary gained 188,852 signatures, to which the Times obituaries editor <a href="/wiki/Bill_McDonald_(American_journalist)" title="Bill McDonald (American journalist)">Bill McDonald</a> responded, "I think the obituary was a faithful accounting of the more prominent issues that Mr. Monson encountered and dealt with publicly during his tenure. Some of these matters — the role of women in the church, the church's policy toward homosexuality and same-sex marriage, and more — were widely publicized and discussed, and it's our obligation as journalists, whether in an obituary or elsewhere, to fully air these issues from both sides. I think we did that, accurately portraying Mr. Monson's positions as leader of the church, and those of the faithful and others who questioned church policies."<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Legacy">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_S_Monson2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Thomas_S_Monson2.jpg/170px-Thomas_S_Monson2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Thomas_S_Monson2.jpg/255px-Thomas_S_Monson2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Thomas_S_Monson2.jpg/340px-Thomas_S_Monson2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="394" data-file-height="487" /></a><figcaption>Monson laying the <a href="/wiki/Cornerstone" title="Cornerstone">cornerstone</a> during the dedication of the <a href="/wiki/Curitiba_Brazil_Temple" title="Curitiba Brazil Temple">Curitiba Brazil Temple</a> on June 1, 2008</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Temple_dedications">Temple dedications</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Temple dedications">edit</a>]</div> As church president, Monson dedicated fourteen (and rededicated four) LDS Church <a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">temples</a>: <a href="/wiki/Rexburg_Idaho_Temple" title="Rexburg Idaho Temple">Rexburg Idaho</a>, 2008;<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> <a href="/wiki/Curitiba_Brazil_Temple" title="Curitiba Brazil Temple">Curitiba Brazil</a>, 2008;<a href="#cite_note-MSNBCt-77">[77]</a> <a href="/wiki/Panam%C3%A1_City_Panam%C3%A1_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Panamá City Panamá Temple">Panamá City Panamá</a>, 2008;<a href="#cite_note-MSNBCt-77">[77]</a> <a href="/wiki/Twin_Falls_Idaho_Temple" title="Twin Falls Idaho Temple">Twin Falls Idaho</a>, 2008;<a href="#cite_note-MSNBCt-77">[77]</a> <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9xico_City_M%C3%A9xico_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="México City México Temple">México City México</a> (rededication), 2008; <a href="/wiki/Draper_Utah_Temple" title="Draper Utah Temple">Draper Utah</a>, 2009; <a href="/wiki/Oquirrh_Mountain_Utah_Temple" title="Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple">Oquirrh Mountain Utah</a>, 2009;<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_British_Columbia_Temple" title="Vancouver British Columbia Temple">Vancouver British Columbia</a>, 2010;<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> <a href="/wiki/Gila_Valley_Arizona_Temple" title="Gila Valley Arizona Temple">Gila Valley Arizona</a>, 2010;<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> <a href="/wiki/Cebu_City_Philippines_Temple" title="Cebu City Philippines Temple">Cebu City Philippines</a>, 2010;<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> <a href="/wiki/Kyiv_Ukraine_Temple" title="Kyiv Ukraine Temple">Kyiv Ukraine</a>, 2010;<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> <a href="/wiki/Laie_Hawaii_Temple" title="Laie Hawaii Temple">Laie Hawaii</a> (rededication), 2010;<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Missouri_Temple" title="Kansas City Missouri Temple">Kansas City Missouri</a>, 2012;<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> <a href="/wiki/Calgary_Alberta_Temple" title="Calgary Alberta Temple">Calgary Alberta</a>, 2012;<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> <a href="/wiki/Boise_Idaho_Temple" title="Boise Idaho Temple">Boise Idaho</a> (rededication), 2012;<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Arizona_Temple" title="Gilbert Arizona Temple">Gilbert Arizona</a>, 2014;<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> <a href="/wiki/Ogden_Utah_Temple" title="Ogden Utah Temple">Ogden Utah</a> (rededication), 2014;<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Arizona_Temple" title="Phoenix Arizona Temple">Phoenix Arizona</a>, 2014.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> As a counselor in the First Presidency, Monson dedicated seven church temples: <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires_Argentina_Temple" title="Buenos Aires Argentina Temple">Buenos Aires Argentina</a>, 1986; <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Kentucky_Temple" title="Louisville Kentucky Temple">Louisville Kentucky</a>, 2000; <a href="/wiki/Reno_Nevada_Temple" title="Reno Nevada Temple">Reno Nevada</a>, 2000; <a href="/wiki/Tampico_M%C3%A9xico_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Tampico México Temple">Tampico México</a>, 2000; <a href="/wiki/Villahermosa_M%C3%A9xico_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Villahermosa México Temple">Villahermosa México</a>, 2000; <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9rida_M%C3%A9xico_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Mérida México Temple">Mérida México</a>, 2000; and <a href="/wiki/Veracruz_M%C3%A9xico_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Veracruz México Temple">Veracruz México</a>, 2000.<a href="#cite_note-Timeline-18">[18]</a> Monson attended the dedication of many other LDS Church temples as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve and the First Presidency.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Volunteer_work">Volunteer work</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Volunteer work">edit</a>]</div> He was president of the Printing Industry of Utah and a former board member of the <a href="/wiki/Printing_Industries_of_America" title="Printing Industries of America">Printing Industries of America</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Life_Scout" class="mw-redirect" title="Life Scout">Life Scout</a> and <a href="/wiki/Exploring_(Learning_for_Life)" title="Exploring (Learning for Life)">Explorer crew member</a> in his youth, Monson served in several adult Scouting leadership capacities: <a href="/wiki/Merit_badge_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)" title="Merit badge (Boy Scouts of America)">merit badge counselor</a>, member of the Canadian LDS Scouting Committee, <a href="/wiki/Chaplain" title="Chaplain">chaplain</a> at a Canadian Jamboree, and a member of the General Scouting Committee of the LDS Church. He was also a proponent of the <a href="/wiki/Scouting_for_Food" title="Scouting for Food">Scouting for Food</a> drive, and he served on the national executive board of the <a href="/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America" title="Boy Scouts of America">Boy Scouts of America</a> from 1969 to his death. He also represented the Boy Scouts of America as a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/World_Organization_of_the_Scout_Movement#World_Scout_Conference" title="World Organization of the Scout Movement">World Conferences</a> in Tokyo, <a href="/wiki/Nairobi" title="Nairobi">Nairobi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Scout-50">[50]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_involvement">Political involvement</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Political involvement">edit</a>]</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/Homosexuality_and_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Homosexuality and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Homosexuality and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a></div> In June 2008, Monson and his counselors in the <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a> sent a letter to local congregations in California, urging them to support <a href="/wiki/California_Proposition_8_(2008)" class="mw-redirect" title="California Proposition 8 (2008)">Proposition 8</a> by donating their time and resources, stating that, "Our best efforts are required to preserve the sacred institution of marriage."<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> In the 2012 Utah voter list he was listed as a registered <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> voter.<a href="#cite_note-slt20121206-91">[91]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards_and_recognition">Awards and recognition</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Awards and recognition">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ThomasSMonson.Grave.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/ThomasSMonson.Grave.jpg/220px-ThomasSMonson.Grave.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/ThomasSMonson.Grave.jpg/330px-ThomasSMonson.Grave.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/ThomasSMonson.Grave.jpg/440px-ThomasSMonson.Grave.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1170" data-file-height="1556" /></a><figcaption>Monson's grave at <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City_Cemetery" title="Salt Lake City Cemetery">Salt Lake City Cemetery</a></figcaption></figure> In 1966, Monson was honored as a distinguished alumnus by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a>.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> His first honorary degree, an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_degree" title="Honorary degree">Honorary</a> <a href="/wiki/Doctorate" title="Doctorate">Doctorate of Laws</a>, was conferred in April 1981 by <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Timeline-18">[18]</a> He received a Doctor of Humane Letters from <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Community_College" title="Salt Lake Community College">Salt Lake Community College</a> in June 1996, an Honorary Doctor of Business from the University of Utah in May 2007,<a href="#cite_note-LDSbio-1">[1]</a> and an honorary doctorate degree in Humanities from <a href="/wiki/Utah_Tech_University" title="Utah Tech University">Dixie State College</a> in May 2011.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> Monson received the <a href="/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America" title="Boy Scouts of America">Boy Scouts of America</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Silver_Beaver_Award" title="Silver Beaver Award">Silver Beaver award</a> in 1971 and <a href="/wiki/Silver_Buffalo_Award" title="Silver Buffalo Award">Silver Buffalo</a> award in 1978, the latter being the highest honor of the BSA. In October 1993, during the <a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(LDS_Church)" title="Priesthood (LDS Church)">Priesthood Session</a> of the church's general conference, Monson also received the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Wolf" class="mw-redirect" title="Bronze Wolf">Bronze Wolf</a>, the highest honor and only award of the <a href="/wiki/World_Organization_of_the_Scout_Movement" title="World Organization of the Scout Movement">World Organization of the Scout Movement</a>,<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> and was recognized for his contributions when a leadership complex at the <a href="/wiki/Summit_Bechtel_Reserve" title="Summit Bechtel Reserve">Summit Bechtel Reserve</a> was named for him.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> The citation for this award says:<a href="#cite_note-Scout-50">[50]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">In his assignments throughout the world as a leader of [the LDS Church], President Monson worked tirelessly to bring about the advancement of Scouting in many countries. He worked closely with the World Organization of the Scout Movement to find ways to strengthen the links between the Church and national Scout associations. He was a committed, solid, hard-working volunteer in the Scout Movement. His Scouting leadership was exemplary.</blockquote> In connection with the LDS Church's centennial celebration as a chartered sponsor, the BSA announced that the Leadership Excellence Complex, located at <a href="/wiki/The_Summit_Bechtel_Family_National_Scout_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve">The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve</a> in West Virginia, would be renamed the Thomas S. Monson Leadership Excellence Complex and also awarded him Scouting's <a href="/wiki/Advancement_and_recognition_in_the_Boy_Scouts_of_America#Lifesaving_and_meritorious_action_awards" title="Advancement and recognition in the Boy Scouts of America">Honor Medal</a> in 2013 for saving the life of a girl who was drowning when he was 12 years old.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> The Salt Lake chapter of <a href="/wiki/Rotary_International" title="Rotary International">Rotary International</a> honored Monson at its international convention with its Worldwide Humanitarian Award in 2008.<a href="#cite_note-Timeline-18">[18]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Slate.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Slate.com">Slate.com</a>'s "80 Over 80," a list of the most powerful <a href="/wiki/Octogenarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Octogenarian">octogenarians</a>, Monson placed first in 2009, and first again in 2010.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> In 2011, <a href="/wiki/The_Gallup_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="The Gallup Organization">Gallup</a> listed Monson as one of "Americans' 10 Most Admired Men".<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Publications">edit</a>]</div> Monson wrote a number of books, some of which are compilations of speeches given by him, or of quotes. Others discuss particular LDS gospel themes. He also wrote Faith Rewarded which is an autobiographical account about his work in leading the church in Eastern Europe. <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">Monson, Thomas S. (1973), Pathways to Perfection, Salt Lake City, Utah: <a href="/wiki/Deseret_Book" class="mw-redirect" title="Deseret Book">Deseret Book</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87747-511-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87747-511-8"><bdi>978-0-87747-511-8</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pathways+to+Perfection&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1973&rft.isbn=978-0-87747-511-8&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (1977), In Search of the Christmas Spirit, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87747-684-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87747-684-9"><bdi>978-0-87747-684-9</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=In+Search+of+the+Christmas+Spirit&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1977&rft.isbn=978-0-87747-684-9&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (1979), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/beyourbestself00mons">Be Your Best Self</a>, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87747-787-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87747-787-7"><bdi>978-0-87747-787-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Be+Your+Best+Self&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=978-0-87747-787-7&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbeyourbestself00mons&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (1981), Conference Classics, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ASIN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ASIN (identifier)">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K33B31E">B00K33B31E</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Conference+Classics&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1981&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB00K33B31E%23id-name%3DASIN&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (1983), Conference Classics Volume II, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ASIN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ASIN (identifier)">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003HFIJ80">B003HFIJ80</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Conference+Classics+Volume+II&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1983&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB003HFIJ80%23id-name%3DASIN&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (1983), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/christmasgiftsch00mons">Christmas Gifts, Christmas Blessings</a>, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87747-976-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87747-976-5"><bdi>978-0-87747-976-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Christmas+Gifts%2C+Christmas+Blessings&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=978-0-87747-976-5&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fchristmasgiftsch00mons&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (1984), Conference Classics Volume III, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ASIN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ASIN (identifier)">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002LTY4TQ">B002LTY4TQ</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Conference+Classics+Volume+III&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1984&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB002LTY4TQ%23id-name%3DASIN&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (1985), Favorite Quotations from the Collection of Thomas S. Monson, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87747-749-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87747-749-5"><bdi>978-0-87747-749-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Favorite+Quotations+from+the+Collection+of+Thomas+S.+Monson&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=978-0-87747-749-5&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (1985), On the Lord's Errand: Memoirs of Thomas S. Monson, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ASIN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ASIN (identifier)">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000IC07DK">B000IC07DK</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=On+the+Lord%27s+Errand%3A+Memoirs+of+Thomas+S.+Monson&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1985&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB000IC07DK%23id-name%3DASIN&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (1988), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/livegoodlife00mons">Live the Good Life</a>, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-192-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-192-0"><bdi>978-0-87579-192-0</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Live+the+Good+Life&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=978-0-87579-192-0&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Flivegoodlife00mons&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (1992), The Search for Jesus, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-669-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-669-7"><bdi>978-0-87579-669-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Search+for+Jesus&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-0-87579-669-7&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (1994), Inspiring Experiences That Build Faith: From the Life and Ministry of Thomas S. Monson, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-901-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87579-901-8"><bdi>978-0-87579-901-8</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Inspiring+Experiences+That+Build+Faith%3A+From+the+Life+and+Ministry+of+Thomas+S.+Monson&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=978-0-87579-901-8&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (1996), Faith Rewarded: A Personal Account of Prophetic Promises to the East German Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-186-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-186-4"><bdi>978-1-57345-186-4</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Faith+Rewarded%3A+A+Personal+Account+of+Prophetic+Promises+to+the+East+German+Saints&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=978-1-57345-186-4&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (1997), Invitation to Exaltation, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-358-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-358-5"><bdi>978-1-57345-358-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Invitation+to+Exaltation&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-1-57345-358-5&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (1997), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/meetingyourgolia00mons">Meeting your Goliath</a>, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-357-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57345-357-8"><bdi>978-1-57345-357-8</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Meeting+your+Goliath&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-1-57345-357-8&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmeetingyourgolia00mons&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (2004), A Christmas Dress for Ellen, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59038-386-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59038-386-5"><bdi>978-1-59038-386-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Christmas+Dress+for+Ellen&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-1-59038-386-5&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (2011), Teachings of Thomas S. Monson, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60908-890-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-60908-890-3"><bdi>978-1-60908-890-3</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Teachings+of+Thomas+S.+Monson&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-60908-890-3&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (2012), A Prophet's Voice: Messages from Thomas S. Monson, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60907-218-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-60907-218-6"><bdi>978-1-60907-218-6</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Prophet%27s+Voice%3A+Messages+from+Thomas+S.+Monson&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1-60907-218-6&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="no" class="citation cs2">—— (2013), Consider the Blessings: True Accounts of God's Hand in Our Lives, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60907-716-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-60907-716-7"><bdi>978-1-60907-716-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Consider+the+Blessings%3A+True+Accounts+of+God%27s+Hand+in+Our+Lives&rft.place=Salt+Lake+City%2C+Utah&rft.pub=Deseret+Book&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-60907-716-7&rft.aulast=Monson&rft.aufirst=Thomas+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_S._Monson&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-LDSbio-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LDSbio_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LDSbio_1-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LDSbio_1-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/background-information/leader-biographies/president-thomas-s-monson">"President Thomas S. Monson"</a>. LDS Newsroom. <a href="/wiki/LDS_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="LDS Church">LDS Church</a>. Retrieved June 23, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=LDS+Newsroom&rft.atitle=President+Thomas+S.+Monson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fldsnewsroom%2Feng%2Fbackground-information%2Fleader-biographies%2Fpresident-thomas-s-monson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-pressrelease-2">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pressrelease_2-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-pressrelease_2-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-pressrelease_2-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/thomas-s-monson-named-16th-church-president">"Thomas S. Monson Named 16th Church President"</a>. LDS Newsroom. LDS Church. February 4, 2008. Retrieved June 23, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=LDS+Newsroom&rft.atitle=Thomas+S.+Monson+Named+16th+Church+President&rft.date=2008-02-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fldsnewsroom%2Feng%2Fnews-releases-stories%2Fthomas-s-monson-named-16th-church-president&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a> As the church's president, he is recognized as the most senior apostle. </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121114024453/http://www.scouting.org/filestore/media/324-168.pdf">"Boy Scouts of America Annual Report 2011"</a> (PDF). 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May 17, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Frances+B.+Monson%2C+Wife+of+President+Thomas+S.+Monson%2C+Passes+Away&rft.pub=The+Church+of+Jesus+Christ+of+Latter-day+Saints&rft.date=2013-05-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Farticle%2Ffrances-monson-passes-away&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMims2013" class="citation news cs1">Mims, Bob (May 17, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/56326205-78/monson-frances-church-lds.html">"Frances Monson, wife of Mormon church leader, dies"</a>. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved May 17, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Salt+Lake+Tribune&rft.atitle=Frances+Monson%2C+wife+of+Mormon+church+leader%2C+dies&rft.date=2013-05-17&rft.aulast=Mims&rft.aufirst=Bob&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sltrib.com%2Fnews%2F56326205-78%2Fmonson-frances-church-lds.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+S.+Monson" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChase2013[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidOvnSO8VKD0ECdqgladyscondiemonsonpgPA485_485]-7"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChase2013[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidOvnSO8VKD0ECdqgladyscondiemonsonpgPA485_485]_7-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFChase2013">Chase 2013</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OvnSO8VKD0EC&dq=gladys+condie+monson&pg=PA485">485</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a> 2006 Deseret Morning News Church Almanac (Salt Lake City, Utah: <a href="/wiki/Deseret_Morning_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Deseret Morning News">Deseret Morning News</a>, 2005). </li> <li id="cite_note-influence-9">^ <a href="#cite_ref-influence_9-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-influence_9-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-influence_9-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoore2008" class="citation news cs1">Moore, Carrie A. 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Monson">Quotations</a> from Wikiquote</li><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/27px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/41px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/54px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="590" /><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333620" class="extiw" title="d:Q333620">Data</a> from Wikidata</li></ul></div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/leader/thomas-s-monson">Thomas S. Monson</a>, official church profile.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thomassmonson.org/">Thomas S. Monson</a> profile with Timeline</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/leader-biographies/president-thomas-s-monson">Thomas S. Monson</a>, Mormon Newsroom, Leadership Biographies.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140409032223/http://www.ldschurchnewsarchive.com/people/1/Thomas-S-Monson.html">Thomas S. Monson</a>, Church News feed.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FABE60;"><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 titles</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="4">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Gordon B. Hinckley</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">President of the Church</a> February 3, 2008 – January 2, 2018 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Russell M. Nelson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> <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 of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a> March 12, 1995 – February 3, 2008 With: <a href="/wiki/Boyd_K._Packer" title="Boyd K. Packer">Boyd K. Packer</a> (Acting) </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Boyd_K._Packer" title="Boyd K. Packer">Boyd K. Packer</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> <a href="/wiki/Chronology_of_the_First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="Chronology of the First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Counselor</a> in the <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a> March 12, 1995 – January 27, 2008 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring" title="Henry B. Eyring">Henry B. Eyring</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> <a href="/wiki/Chronology_of_the_First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="Chronology of the First Presidency (LDS Church)">Second Counselor</a> in the <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a> November 10, 1985 – March 3, 1995 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_E._Faust" title="James E. Faust">James E. Faust</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Eldon_Tanner" title="Nathan Eldon Tanner">N. Eldon Tanner</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"> <a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_(LDS_Church)" title="Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)">Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a> October 4, 1963 – February 3, 2008 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Boyd_K._Packer" title="Boyd K. Packer">Boyd K. 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Smith Jr.</a> (1830–44)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">B. Young Sr.</a> (1847–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John Taylor (Mormon)">Taylor</a> (1880–87)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">Woodruff</a> (1889–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow" title="Lorenzo Snow">Snow</a> (1898–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">J.F. Smith Sr.</a> (1901–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heber_J._Grant" title="Heber J. Grant">Grant</a> (1918–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Albert_Smith" title="George Albert Smith">G.A. Smith</a> (1945–51)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_O._McKay" title="David O. McKay">McKay</a> (1951–70)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fielding_Smith" title="Joseph Fielding Smith">J.F. Smith Jr.</a> (1970–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_B._Lee" title="Harold B. Lee">Lee</a> (1972–73)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball" title="Spencer W. Kimball">Kimball</a> (1973–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezra_Taft_Benson" title="Ezra Taft Benson">Benson</a> (1985–94)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_W._Hunter" title="Howard W. Hunter">Hunter</a> (1994–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Hinckley</a> (1995–2008)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Monson</a> (2008–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Nelson</a> (2018–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Counselors_in_the_First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="Category:Counselors in the First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Counselors</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/Jesse_Gause" title="Jesse Gause">Gause</a> (1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Rigdon" title="Sidney Rigdon">Rigdon</a> (1832–44)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball" title="Heber C. Kimball">Kimball</a> (1847–68)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_A._Smith" title="George A. Smith">G.A. Smith</a> (1868–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Willard_Young" title="John Willard Young">J.W. Young</a> (1876–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Cannon" title="George Q. Cannon">Cannon</a> (1880–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">J.F. Smith Sr.</a> (1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Winder" title="John R. Winder">Winder</a> (1901–10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthon_H._Lund" title="Anthon H. Lund">Lund</a> (1910–21)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Penrose" title="Charles W. Penrose">Penrose</a> (1921–25)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_W._Ivins" title="Anthony W. Ivins">Ivins</a> (1925–34)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Reuben_Clark" title="J. Reuben Clark">Clark</a> (1934–51; 1959–61)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_L_Richards" title="Stephen L Richards">S.L. Richards</a> (1951–59)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Moyle" title="Henry D. Moyle">Moyle</a> (1961–63)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_B._Brown" title="Hugh B. Brown">Brown</a> (1963–70)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_B._Lee" title="Harold B. Lee">Lee</a> (1970–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Eldon_Tanner" title="Nathan Eldon Tanner">Tanner</a> (1972–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_G._Romney" title="Marion G. Romney">Romney</a> (1982–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Hinckley</a> (1985–95)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Monson</a> (1995–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring" title="Henry B. Eyring">Eyring</a> (2008–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallin_H._Oaks" title="Dallin H. Oaks">Oaks</a> (2018–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Counselors_in_the_First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="Category:Counselors in the First Presidency (LDS Church)">Second Counselors</a></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><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Rigdon" title="Sidney Rigdon">Rigdon</a> (1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_G._Williams" title="Frederick G. Williams">Williams</a> (1833–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyrum_Smith" title="Hyrum Smith">H. 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Nibley">Nibley</a> (1925–31)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Reuben_Clark" title="J. Reuben Clark">Clark</a> (1933–34)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_O._McKay" title="David O. McKay">McKay</a> (1934–51)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Reuben_Clark" title="J. Reuben Clark">Clark</a> (1951–59)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Moyle" title="Henry D. Moyle">Moyle</a> (1959–61)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_B._Brown" title="Hugh B. Brown">Brown</a> (1961–63)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Eldon_Tanner" title="Nathan Eldon Tanner">Tanner</a> (1963–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_G._Romney" title="Marion G. Romney">Romney</a> (1972–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Hinckley</a> (1982–85)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Monson</a> (1985–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Faust" title="James E. Faust">Faust</a> (1995–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring" title="Henry B. 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Smith</a> (1829–44)<a href="#cite_note-not12-99">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cowdery" title="Oliver Cowdery">Cowdery</a> (1829–38)<a href="#cite_note-not12-99">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-100">[2]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Whitmer" title="David Whitmer">Whitmer</a> (1829–38)<a href="#cite_note-not12-99">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-100">[2]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Harris_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints)">Harris</a> (unknown–1837)<a href="#cite_note-not12-99">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-100">[2]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Marsh" title="Thomas B. Marsh">Marsh</a> (1835–39)<a href="#cite_note-excommunication-100">[2]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_W._Patten" title="David W. Patten">Patten</a> (1835–38)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">B. Young Sr.</a> (1835–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball" title="Heber C. Kimball">H. C. Kimball</a> (1835–68)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orson_Hyde" title="Orson Hyde">Hyde</a> (1835–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_E._McLellin" title="William E. McLellin">McLellin</a> (1835–38)<a href="#cite_note-excommunication-100">[2]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parley_P._Pratt" title="Parley P. Pratt">P. P. Pratt</a> (1835–57)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Johnson_(Mormon)" title="Luke Johnson (Mormon)">Luke Johnson</a> (1835–37)<a href="#cite_note-101">[3]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="William Smith (Latter Day Saints)">Wm. Smith</a> (1835–45)<a href="#cite_note-excommunication-100">[2]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orson_Pratt" title="Orson Pratt">O. Pratt</a> (1835–81)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Boynton" title="John F. Boynton">Boynton</a> (1835–37)<a href="#cite_note-excommunication-100">[2]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_E._Johnson" title="Lyman E. Johnson">L. E. Johnson</a> (1835–38)<a href="#cite_note-excommunication-100">[2]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Page" title="John E. Page">Page</a> (1838–46)<a href="#cite_note-excommunication-100">[2]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John Taylor (Mormon)">J. Taylor</a> (1838–87)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">W. Woodruff</a> (1839–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_A._Smith" title="George A. Smith">G. A. Smith</a> (1839–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willard_Richards" title="Willard Richards">W. Richards</a> (1840–54)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_Wight" title="Lyman Wight">Wight</a> (1841–48)<a href="#cite_note-excommunication-100">[2]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyrum_Smith" title="Hyrum Smith">H. Smith</a> (1841–44)<a href="#cite_note-not12-99">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amasa_Lyman" title="Amasa Lyman">A. M. Lyman</a> (1842–67)<a href="#cite_note-102">[4]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezra_T._Benson" title="Ezra T. Benson">Benson</a> (1846–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Rich" title="Charles C. Rich">Rich</a> (1849–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow" title="Lorenzo Snow">L. Snow</a> (1849–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erastus_Snow" title="Erastus Snow">E. Snow</a> (1849–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Richards_(Mormon_apostle)" title="Franklin D. Richards (Mormon apostle)">F. D. Richards</a> (1849–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jedediah_M._Grant" title="Jedediah M. Grant">J. M. Grant</a> (1854–56)<a href="#cite_note-not12-99">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_H._Wells" title="Daniel H. Wells">Wells</a> (1857–91)<a href="#cite_note-not12-99">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Willard_Young" title="John Willard Young">J. W. Young</a> (1855–1924)<a href="#cite_note-not12-99">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Cannon" title="George Q. Cannon">G. Q. Cannon</a> (1860–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Angell_Young" title="Joseph Angell Young">J. A. Young</a> (1864–75)<a href="#cite_note-not12-99">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_Jr." title="Brigham Young Jr.">B. Young Jr.</a> (1864–1903)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">J. F. Smith Sr.</a> (1866–1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Carrington" title="Albert Carrington">Carrington</a> (1870–85)<a href="#cite_note-excommunication-100">[2]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Thatcher" title="Moses Thatcher">Thatcher</a> (1879–1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_M._Lyman" title="Francis M. Lyman">F. M. Lyman</a> (1880–1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Smith" title="John Henry Smith">J. H. Smith</a> (1880–1911)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Teasdale" title="George Teasdale">Teasdale</a> (1882–1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heber_J._Grant" title="Heber J. Grant">H. J. Grant</a> (1882–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John W. Taylor (Mormon)">J. W. Taylor</a> (1884–1911)<a href="#cite_note-excommunication-100">[2]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriner_W._Merrill" title="Marriner W. Merrill">M. W. Merrill</a> (1889–1906)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthon_H._Lund" title="Anthon H. Lund">Lund</a> (1889–1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_H._Cannon" title="Abraham H. Cannon">A. H. Cannon</a> (1889–96)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthias_F._Cowley" title="Matthias F. Cowley">M. F. Cowley</a> (1897–1911)<a href="#cite_note-103">[5]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_O._Woodruff" title="Abraham O. Woodruff">A. O. Woodruff</a> (1897–1904)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudger_Clawson" title="Rudger Clawson">Clawson</a> (1898–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reed_Smoot" title="Reed Smoot">Smoot</a> (1900–41)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyrum_M._Smith" title="Hyrum M. Smith">H. M. Smith</a> (1901–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Albert_Smith" title="George Albert Smith">G. A. Smith</a> (1903–51)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Penrose" title="Charles W. Penrose">Penrose</a> (1904–25)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_F._Richards" title="George F. Richards">G. F. Richards</a> (1906–50)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orson_F._Whitney" title="Orson F. Whitney">Whitney</a> (1906–31)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_O._McKay" title="David O. McKay">McKay</a> (1906–70)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_W._Ivins" title="Anthony W. Ivins">Ivins</a> (1907–34)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fielding_Smith" title="Joseph Fielding Smith">J. F. Smith Jr.</a> (1910–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Talmage" title="James E. Talmage">Talmage</a> (1911–33)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_L_Richards" title="Stephen L Richards">S. L. Richards</a> (1917–59)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_R._Lyman" title="Richard R. Lyman">R. R. Lyman</a> (1918–43)<a href="#cite_note-excommunication-100">[2]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvin_J._Ballard" title="Melvin J. Ballard">M. J. Ballard</a> (1919–39)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Widtsoe" title="John A. Widtsoe">Widtsoe</a> (1921–52)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Merrill" title="Joseph F. Merrill">J. F. Merrill</a> (1931–52)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Callis" title="Charles A. Callis">Callis</a> (1933–47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Reuben_Clark" title="J. Reuben Clark">Clark</a> (1934–61)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_A._Hinckley" title="Alonzo A. Hinckley">A. A. Hinckley</a> (1934–36)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_E._Bowen" title="Albert E. Bowen">Bowen</a> (1937–53)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Q._Cannon" title="Sylvester Q. Cannon">S. Q. Cannon</a> (1938–43)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_B._Lee" title="Harold B. Lee">Lee</a> (1941–73)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball" title="Spencer W. Kimball">S. W. Kimball</a> (1943–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezra_Taft_Benson" title="Ezra Taft Benson">Benson</a> (1943–94)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_E._Petersen" title="Mark E. Petersen">Petersen</a> (1944–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Cowley" title="Matthew Cowley">M. Cowley</a> (1945–53)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Moyle" title="Henry D. Moyle">Moyle</a> (1947–63)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delbert_L._Stapley" title="Delbert L. Stapley">Stapley</a> (1950–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_G._Romney" title="Marion G. Romney">Romney</a> (1951–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeGrand_Richards" title="LeGrand Richards">L. Richards</a> (1952–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_S._Bennion" title="Adam S. Bennion">Bennion</a> (1953–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Evans" title="Richard L. Evans">Evans</a> (1953–71)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Morris" title="George Q. Morris">Morris</a> (1954–62)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_B._Brown" title="Hugh B. Brown">Brown</a> (1958–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_W._Hunter" title="Howard W. Hunter">Hunter</a> (1959–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">G. B. Hinckley</a> (1961–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Eldon_Tanner" title="Nathan Eldon Tanner">Tanner</a> (1962–82)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Monson</a> (1963–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_R._Dyer" title="Alvin R. Dyer">Dyer</a> (1967–77)<a href="#cite_note-not12-99">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyd_K._Packer" title="Boyd K. Packer">Packer</a> (1970–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_J._Ashton" title="Marvin J. Ashton">Ashton</a> (1971–94)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_R._McConkie" title="Bruce R. McConkie">McConkie</a> (1972–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Tom_Perry" title="L. Tom Perry">Perry</a> (1974–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_B._Haight" title="David B. Haight">Haight</a> (1976–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Faust" title="James E. Faust">Faust</a> (1978–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_A._Maxwell" title="Neal A. Maxwell">Maxwell</a> (1981–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_M._Nelson" title="Russell M. Nelson">Nelson</a> (1984–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallin_H._Oaks" title="Dallin H. Oaks">Oaks</a> (1984–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Russell_Ballard" title="M. Russell Ballard">M. R. Ballard</a> (1985–2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Wirthlin" title="Joseph B. Wirthlin">Wirthlin</a> (1986–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Scott" title="Richard G. Scott">Scott</a> (1988–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Hales" title="Robert D. Hales">Hales</a> (1994–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_R._Holland" title="Jeffrey R. Holland">Holland</a> (1994–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring" title="Henry B. Eyring">Eyring</a> (1995–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dieter_F._Uchtdorf" title="Dieter F. Uchtdorf">Uchtdorf</a> (2004–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_A._Bednar" title="David A. Bednar">Bednar</a> (2004–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quentin_L._Cook" title="Quentin L. Cook">Cook</a> (2007–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Todd_Christofferson" title="D. Todd Christofferson">Christofferson</a> (2008–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_L._Andersen" title="Neil L. Andersen">Andersen</a> (2009–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_A._Rasband" title="Ronald A. Rasband">Rasband</a> (2015–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_E._Stevenson" title="Gary E. Stevenson">Stevenson</a> (2015–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_G._Renlund" title="Dale G. Renlund">Renlund</a> (2015–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerrit_W._Gong" title="Gerrit W. 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href="#cite_ref-not12_99-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_99-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_99-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_99-9">j</a> Never a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. </li> <li id="cite_note-excommunication-100">^ <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_100-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_100-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_100-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_100-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_100-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_100-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_100-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_100-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_100-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_100-9">j</a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_100-10">k</a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_100-11">l</a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_100-12">m</a> Term ended by excommunication. </li> <li id="cite_note-101"><a href="#cite_ref-101">^</a> Term ended by resignation. </li> <li 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