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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American religious leader and politician (1922–2022)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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Backman</span></th></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/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">Emeritus</a> General Authority</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">October 3, 1992<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1992-10-03</span>)</span> – June 3, 2022<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2022-06-03</span>)</span></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/Presidency_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidency of the Seventy">Presidency of the Seventy</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">October 6, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-10-06</span>)</span> – August 15, 1992<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1992-08-15</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">End reason</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Honorably released</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/Young_Men_(organization)#Chronology_of_the_general_superintendencies_and_presidencies_of_the_Young_Men" title="Young Men (organization)">General President</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Young_Men_(organization)" title="Young Men (organization)">Young Men</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">1979 – October 6, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1985-10-06</span>)</span></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/First_Quorum_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="First Quorum of the Seventy">First Quorum of the Seventy</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">April 1, 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1978-04-01</span>)</span> – October 3, 1992<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1992-10-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">End reason</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Granted general authority <a href="/wiki/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">emeritus</a> status</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/Young_Men_(organization)#Chronology_of_the_general_superintendencies_and_presidencies_of_the_Young_Men" title="Young Men (organization)">General President</a> of the<br /><a href="/wiki/Aaronic_Priesthood_MIA_Young_Women" class="mw-redirect" title="Aaronic Priesthood MIA Young Women">Aaronic Priesthood MIA Young Women</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">November 1972 – 1974</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_L._Backman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Backman was born in <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City,_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt Lake City, Utah">Salt Lake City, Utah</a>, but spent much of his youth in South Africa, where his father, LeGrand Backman, was <a href="/wiki/Mission_president" title="Mission president">president</a> of the LDS Church's South African <a href="/wiki/Mission_(LDS_Church)" title="Mission (LDS Church)">Mission</a>. After returning to Utah for his last year of <a href="/wiki/High_school" class="mw-redirect" title="High school">high school</a>, Backman later served as a <a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary" title="Mormon missionary">missionary</a> in the church's Northern States Mission, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>. Backman served in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> in the Philippines during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. Following the war, he enrolled at the law school at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a>. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Utah_House_of_Representatives" title="Utah House of Representatives">Utah House of Representatives</a> for two term as a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="LDS_Church_service">LDS Church service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_L._Backman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: LDS Church service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before his call as a general authority, Backman served as president of the church's Northwestern States Mission, based in <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>, as a <a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">temple</a> <a href="/wiki/Sealing_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sealing (Latter Day Saints)">sealer</a>, and as a <a href="/wiki/Regional_Representative_of_the_Twelve_Apostles" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Representative of the Twelve Apostles">regional representative</a>. In 1972, he was briefly the second assistant to <a href="/wiki/W._Jay_Eldredge" title="W. Jay Eldredge">W. Jay Eldredge</a>, the general superintendent of the <a href="/wiki/Young_Men%27s_Mutual_Improvement_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association">Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association</a> (YMMIA). When the YMMIA was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Aaronic_Priesthood%E2%80%93MIA" class="mw-redirect" title="Aaronic Priesthood–MIA">Aaronic Priesthood–MIA</a> in 1972, Backman was called as its general president. He served in this calling until 1974, when the Aaronic Priesthood–MIA was placed under the direct supervision of the church's <a href="/wiki/Presiding_Bishop_(LDS_Church)" title="Presiding Bishop (LDS Church)">presiding bishopric</a>. In 1978, Backman became a member of the church's <a href="/wiki/First_Quorum_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="First Quorum of the Seventy">First Quorum of the Seventy</a>. In 1979, he succeeded <a href="/wiki/Neil_D._Schaerrer" title="Neil D. Schaerrer">Neil D. Schaerrer</a> as the general president of the Young Men organization. Backman is the only man to serve two non-consecutive terms as the general president of the Young Men. </p><p>In 1985, Backman was released from the Young Men and became a member of the seven-man <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidency of the Seventy">Presidency of the Seventy</a>, with Vaughn J. Featherstone succeeding him as president of the Young Men. Backman served in the Presidency of the Seventy until August 1992; in October of that year, he was designated an <a href="/wiki/Emeritus" title="Emeritus">emeritus</a> general authority.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1986, Backman was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Silver_Buffalo_Award" title="Silver Buffalo Award">Silver Buffalo Award</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Boy Scouts of America">Boy Scouts of America</a> for his efforts in incorporating <a href="/wiki/Scouting" title="Scouting">Scouting</a> into the LDS Church's Young Men organization. From 2005 to 2008, Backman was <a href="/wiki/Temple_president" title="Temple president">president</a> of the church's <a href="/wiki/Jordan_River_Utah_Temple" title="Jordan River Utah Temple">Jordan River Utah Temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_L._Backman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Backman married Virginia Pickett on July 5, 1941 in the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Temple" title="Salt Lake Temple">Salt Lake Temple</a> and they had seven daughters; she died on June 4, 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Church_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Church-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later married Janet Woodbury.<sup id="cite_ref-Church_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Church-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Backman <a href="/wiki/Centenarian" title="Centenarian">turned 100</a> on March 22, 2022 and died on June 3 in <a href="/wiki/Murray,_Utah" title="Murray, Utah">Murray, Utah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Church_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Church-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_L._Backman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_I._Cannon" title="George I. Cannon">George I. Cannon</a>: a fellow counselor of Eldredge's at the time of Backman's service</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1985/11/news-of-the-church/elder-jack-h-goaslind-elder-robert-l-backman-of-the-presidency-of-the-first-quorum-of-the-seventy?lang=eng">"Elder Jack H Goaslind, Elder Robert L. Backman of the Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, November 1985, p. 100</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_L._Backman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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 reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><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 class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://le.utah.gov/asp/roster/complist.asp?letter=B">"Historical Listing of Utah State Legislators"</a>. <i>le.utah.gov</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Schaerrer">Neil D. Schaerrer</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Young_Men_(organization)#Chronology_of_the_general_superintendencies_and_presidencies_of_the_Young_Men" title="Young Men (organization)">General President</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Young_Men_(organization)" title="Young Men (organization)">Young Men</a> </b><br />1979–October 6, 1985 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Vaughn J Featherstone</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/W._Jay_Eldredge" title="W. Jay Eldredge">W. 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href="/wiki/Young_Men_(organization)" title="Young Men (organization)">Young Men</a> of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General<br />Presidents/Superintendents</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/Junius_F._Wells" title="Junius F. Wells">Wells</a> (1876–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">Woodruff</a> (1880–98)</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</a> (1901–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_W._Ivins" title="Anthony W. Ivins">Ivins</a> (1918–21)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Albert_Smith" title="George Albert Smith">G.A. Smith</a> (1921–35)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_E._Bowen" title="Albert E. Bowen">Bowen</a> (1935–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Morris" title="George Q. Morris">Morris</a> (1937–48)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbert_R._Curtis" title="Elbert R. Curtis">E. Curtis</a> (1948–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_T._Bentley" title="Joseph T. Bentley">Bentley</a> (1958–62)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Carlos_Smith" title="G. Carlos Smith">G.C. Smith</a> (1962–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._Jay_Eldredge" title="W. Jay Eldredge">Eldredge</a> (1969–72)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Backman</a> (1972–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_D._Schaerrer" title="Neil D. Schaerrer">Schaerrer</a> (1977–79)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Backman</a> (1979–85)</li> <li>Featherstone (1985–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_H._Goaslind" title="Jack H. Goaslind">Goaslind</a> (1990–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_K._Dellenbach" title="Robert K. Dellenbach">Dellenbach</a> (1998–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._Melvin_Hammond" title="F. Melvin Hammond">Hammond</a> (2001–04)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Dahlquist_II" title="Charles W. Dahlquist II">Dahlquist</a> (2004–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_L._Beck" title="David L. Beck">Beck</a> (2009–15)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_W._Owen" title="Stephen W. Owen">Owen</a> (2015–20)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_J._Lund" title="Steven J. Lund">Lund</a> (2020–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First<br />Counselors/Assistants</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/Milton_H._Hardy" title="Milton H. Hardy">M. Hardy</a> (1876–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">J.F. Smith</a> (1880–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heber_J._Grant" title="Heber J. Grant">Grant</a> (1901–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._H._Roberts" title="B. H. Roberts">Roberts</a> (1918–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_R._Lyman" title="Richard R. Lyman">Lyman</a> (1922–1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Morris" title="George Q. Morris">Morris</a> (1935–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_J._Cannon" title="Joseph J. Cannon">J. Cannon</a> (1937-45)</li> <li>Giles (1945-48)</li> <li>Stevenson (1948–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_R._Dyer" title="Alvin R. Dyer">Dyer</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Carlos_Smith" title="G. Carlos Smith">G.C. Smith</a> (1958–61)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_J._Ashton" title="Marvin J. Ashton">Ashton</a> (1961–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_R._Hill_III" title="George R. Hill III">Hill</a> (1969–71)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_I._Cannon" title="George I. Cannon">G. Cannon</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeGrand_R._Curtis" title="LeGrand R. Curtis">L. Curtis</a> (1972–74)</li> <li>Doxey (1977–79)</li> <li>Featherstone (1979–85)</li> <li>Pinegar (1985–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_R._Holland" title="Jeffrey R. Holland">Holland</a> (1989–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeGrand_R._Curtis" title="LeGrand R. Curtis">L. Curtis</a> (1990–91)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_K._Dellenbach" title="Robert K. Dellenbach">Dellenbach</a> (1991–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_D._Nadauld" title="Stephen D. Nadauld">Nadauld</a> (1992–96)</li> <li>Featherstone (1996–97)</li> <li>Stanley (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_K._Dellenbach" title="Robert K. Dellenbach">Dellenbach</a> (1997–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._Melvin_Hammond" title="F. Melvin Hammond">Hammond</a> (1998–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_L._Pace" title="Glenn L. Pace">Pace</a> (2001–03)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_G._Robbins" title="Lynn G. Robbins">Robbins</a> (2003–04)</li> <li>Burgess (2004–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_M._Gibson" title="Larry M. Gibson">Gibson</a> (2009–15)</li> <li>Holmes (2015–20)</li> <li>Corbitt (2020–23)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_R._Wilcox" title="Bradley R. Wilcox">Wilcox</a> (2023–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Second<br />Counselors/Assistants</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/Rodney_C._Badger" title="Rodney C. Badger">Badger</a> (1876–80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Thatcher" title="Moses Thatcher">Thatcher</a> (1880–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heber_J._Grant" title="Heber J. Grant">Grant</a> (1898–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._H._Roberts" title="B. H. Roberts">Roberts</a> (1901–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_R._Lyman" title="Richard R. Lyman">Lyman</a> (1918–22)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvin_J._Ballard" title="Melvin J. Ballard">Ballard</a> (1922–35)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_L._West" title="Franklin L. West">West</a> (1935–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_K._Farnsworth" title="Burton K. Farnsworth">Farnsworth</a> (1937–45)</li> <li>Hatch (1945–48)</li> <li>R. Hardy (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_S._King" title="David S. King">King</a> (1948–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_J._Ashton" title="Marvin J. Ashton">Ashton</a> (1958–61)</li> <li>Scott (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_W._Buehner" title="Carl W. Buehner">Buehner</a> (1961–67)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_R._Hill_III" title="George R. Hill III">Hill</a> (1967–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_I._Cannon" title="George I. Cannon">G. Cannon</a> (1969–72)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Blackman</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_H._Goaslind" title="Jack H. Goaslind">Goaslind</a> (1972–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quinn_G._McKay" title="Quinn G. McKay">McKay</a> (1977–79)</li> <li>Pinegar (1979–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Simpson_(Mormon)" title="Robert L. Simpson (Mormon)">Simpson</a> (1985–86)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartman_Rector_Jr." title="Hartman Rector Jr.">Rector</a> (1986–88)</li> <li>Harbertson (1988–89)</li> <li>M. Brough (1989–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_K._Dellenbach" title="Robert K. Dellenbach">Dellenbach</a> (1990–91)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_D._Nadauld" title="Stephen D. Nadauld">Nadauld</a> (1991–92)</li> <li>Kendrick (1992–93)</li> <li>Featherstone (1993–96)</li> <li>Stanley (1996–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_K._Dellenbach" title="Robert K. Dellenbach">Dellenbach</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._Melvin_Hammond" title="F. Melvin Hammond">Hammond</a> (1997–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Madsen" title="John M. Madsen">Madsen</a> (1998–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_J._Condie" title="Spencer J. Condie">Condie</a> (2001–03)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_L._Hallstrom" title="Donald L. Hallstrom">Hallstrom</a> (2003–04)</li> <li>Neider (2004–09)</li> <li>Ochoa (2009–13)</li> <li>Ridd (2013–15)</li> <li>J. Brough (2015–20)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_R._Wilcox" title="Bradley R. Wilcox">Wilcox</a> (2020–23)</li> <li>Nelson (2023–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Additional Assistants</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/B._H._Roberts" title="B. H. 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Young</a> (1835–81)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_W._Hancock" title="Levi W. Hancock">Hancock</a> (1835–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Rich" title="Leonard Rich">Rich</a> (1835–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zebedee_Coltrin" title="Zebedee Coltrin">Coltrin</a> (1835–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_R._Sherman" title="Lyman R. Sherman">Sherman</a> (1835–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Smith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Sylvester Smith (Latter Day Saints)">Smith</a> (1835–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_S._Miles" title="Daniel S. Miles">Miles</a> (1836–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gould_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="John Gould (Latter Day Saints)">Gould</a> (1837)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Foster_(Mormon)" title="James Foster (Mormon)">Foster</a> (1837–41)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Butterfield" title="Josiah Butterfield">Butterfield</a> (1837–44)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salmon_Gee" title="Salmon Gee">Gee</a> (1837–38)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gaylord" title="John Gaylord">Gaylord</a> (1837–38)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Harriman_(Mormon)" title="Henry Harriman (Mormon)">Harriman</a> (1838–91)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zera_Pulsipher" title="Zera Pulsipher">Pulsipher</a> (1838–62)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Orton" title="Roger Orton">Orton</a> (1845)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_P._Rockwood" title="Albert P. Rockwood">Rockwood</a> (1845–79)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_L._Clapp" title="Benjamin L. Clapp">Clapp</a> (1845–59)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jedediah_M._Grant" title="Jedediah M. Grant">Grant</a> (1845–54)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_S._Eldredge" title="Horace S. Eldredge">Eldredge</a> (1854–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Gates" title="Jacob Gates">Gates</a> (1860–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Van_Cott" title="John Van Cott">Van Cott</a> (1862–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Taylor" title="William W. Taylor">W.W. Taylor</a> (1880–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_H._Cannon" title="Abraham H. Cannon">Cannon</a> (1882–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_B._Lewis" title="Theodore B. Lewis">Lewis</a> (1882)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seymour_B._Young" title="Seymour B. Young">S.B. Young</a> (1882–1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_D._Fjeldsted" title="Christian D. Fjeldsted">Fjeldsted</a> (1884–1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hamilton_Morgan" title="John Hamilton Morgan">Morgan</a> (1884–94)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._H._Roberts" title="B. H. Roberts">Roberts</a> (1888–1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Reynolds_(Mormon)" title="George Reynolds (Mormon)">Reynolds</a> (1890–1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Golden_Kimball" title="J. Golden Kimball">Kimball</a> (1892–1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rulon_S._Wells" title="Rulon S. Wells">Wells</a> (1893–1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stevenson" title="Edward Stevenson">Stevenson</a> (1894–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_W._McMurrin" title="Joseph W. McMurrin">McMurrin</a> (1897–1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Hart" title="Charles H. Hart">Hart</a> (1906–34)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_E._Young" title="Levi E. Young">L.E. Young</a> (1909–63)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rey_Pratt" title="Rey Pratt">Pratt</a> (1925–31)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antoine_R._Ivins" title="Antoine R. Ivins">Ivins</a> (1931–67)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_O._Bennion" title="Samuel O. Bennion">Bennion</a> (1933–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Taylor_(Mormon)" title="John H. Taylor (Mormon)">J.H. Taylor</a> (1933–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rufus_K._Hardy" title="Rufus K. Hardy">Hardy</a> (1934–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Evans" title="Richard L. Evans">Evans</a> (1938–53)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_A._Kirkham" title="Oscar A. Kirkham">Kirkham</a> (1941–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Dilworth_Young" title="S. Dilworth Young">S.D. Young</a> (1945–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_R._Hunter" title="Milton R. Hunter">Hunter</a> (1945–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_R._McConkie" title="Bruce R. McConkie">McConkie</a> (1946–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_D._Hanks" title="Marion D. Hanks">Hanks</a> (1953–68)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Theodore_Tuttle" title="A. Theodore Tuttle">Tuttle</a> (1958–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_H._Dunn" title="Paul H. Dunn">P.H. Dunn</a> (1964–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartman_Rector_Jr." title="Hartman Rector Jr.">Rector</a> (1968–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loren_C._Dunn" title="Loren C. Dunn">L.C. 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