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title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</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><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender;">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1781-07-16</span>)</span>July 16, 1781<br /><a href="/wiki/Derryfield,_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Derryfield, New Hampshire">Derryfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 23, 1854<span style="display:none">(1854-05-23)</span> (aged 72)<br /><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_Territory" title="Utah Territory">Utah Territory</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Resting place</span></th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City_Cemetery" title="Salt Lake City Cemetery">Salt Lake City Cemetery</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=John_Smith_(uncle_of_Joseph_Smith)&params=40.77592_N_111.86247_W_type:landmark&title=Salt+Lake+City+Cemetery"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span 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style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><span class="nowrap"><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/16px-P_vip.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/24px-P_vip.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/31px-P_vip.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1911" data-file-height="1944" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Biography" title="Portal:Biography">Biography portal</a>  <span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg/16px-Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg/24px-Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg/32px-Christus_statue_temple_square_salt_lake_city.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1067" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Portal:Latter Day Saint movement">LDS movement portal</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Smith</b> (July 16, 1781 – May 23, 1854), known as <b>Uncle John</b>, was an early leader 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> (LDS Church).<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><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> </p><p>Smith was the younger brother of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith_Sr." title="Joseph Smith Sr.">Joseph Smith Sr.</a>, uncle of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hyrum_Smith" title="Hyrum Smith">Hyrum Smith</a>, father of <a href="/wiki/George_A._Smith" title="George A. Smith">George A. Smith</a>, grandfather of <a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Smith" title="John Henry Smith">John Henry Smith</a>, and great-grandfather of <a href="/wiki/George_Albert_Smith" title="George Albert Smith">George Albert Smith</a>. He served as a member of the first <a href="/wiki/Presiding_high_council" title="Presiding high council">presiding high council</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kirtland,_Ohio" title="Kirtland, Ohio">Kirtland, Ohio</a>, as an assistant counselor in the <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency" title="First Presidency">First Presidency</a> under Joseph Smith, and as <a href="/wiki/Presiding_patriarch" class="mw-redirect" title="Presiding patriarch">presiding patriarch</a> under <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a>. He was succeeded as presiding patriarch by his great nephew, who was also named <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(nephew_of_Joseph_Smith)" title="John Smith (nephew of Joseph Smith)">John Smith</a>. </p><p>Smith served as <a href="/wiki/Stake_president" class="mw-redirect" title="Stake president">president of the stake</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Iowa" title="Lee County, Iowa">Lee County, Iowa</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/Nauvoo,_Illinois" title="Nauvoo, Illinois">Nauvoo</a> period.<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> He was also the first president of the Salt Lake Stake, the first stake in <a href="/wiki/Utah_Territory" title="Utah Territory">Utah Territory</a>, and as such was the leader of the Latter-day Saints in Utah in the winter of 1847–48. </p><p>Smith practiced <a href="/wiki/Plural_marriage" class="mw-redirect" title="Plural marriage">plural marriage</a> and fathered four children. </p><p>Smith died at Salt Lake City and was buried at <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City_Cemetery" title="Salt Lake City Cemetery">Salt Lake City Cemetery</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JohnGeorgeSmithsMonumentFront.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Monument to four generations of a branch of the Smith family, prominent in LDS history"><img alt="Monument to four generations of a branch of the Smith family, prominent in LDS history" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/JohnGeorgeSmithsMonumentFront.jpg/120px-JohnGeorgeSmithsMonumentFront.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/JohnGeorgeSmithsMonumentFront.jpg/180px-JohnGeorgeSmithsMonumentFront.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/JohnGeorgeSmithsMonumentFront.jpg/240px-JohnGeorgeSmithsMonumentFront.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2576" data-file-height="1932" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Monument to four generations of a branch of the Smith family, prominent in LDS history</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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Flake, <i>Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation</i> (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 311–13.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</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://web.archive.org/web/20180122071807/http://mormonbiography.org/John_Smith_(1781-1854)">"John_Smith_(1781-1854)"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mormonbiography.org/John_Smith_(1781-1854)">the original</a> on 2018-01-22<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-01-22</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=John_Smith_%281781-1854%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmormonbiography.org%2FJohn_Smith_%281781-1854%29&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Smith+%28uncle+of+Joseph+Smith%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">He is the only person to serve as a stake president after being a member of the First Presidency.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Major, Jill C. “Artworks in the Celestial Room of the First Nauvoo Temple.” Brigham Young University Studies, vol. 41, no. 2, Brigham Young University, 2002, pp. 47–69, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/43044321">http://www.jstor.org/stable/43044321</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Smith_(uncle_of_Joseph_Smith)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJeremy_C._Schwendiman2016" class="citation book cs1">Jeremy C. Schwendiman (2016). <i>Uncle of the Prophet - The Life and Achievements of John Smith</i>. Jeremy C. Schwendiman. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1890718473" title="Special:BookSources/978-1890718473"><bdi>978-1890718473</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Uncle+of+the+Prophet+-+The+Life+and+Achievements+of+John+Smith&rft.pub=Jeremy+C.+Schwendiman&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-1890718473&rft.au=Jeremy+C.+Schwendiman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Smith+%28uncle+of+Joseph+Smith%29" class="Z3988"></span></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="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="William Smith (Latter Day Saints)">William Smith</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Presiding_Patriarch" title="Presiding Patriarch">Presiding Patriarch</a> </b><br />January 1, 1849–May 23, 1854 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(nephew_of_Joseph_Smith)" title="John Smith (nephew of Joseph Smith)">John Smith</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FABE60;"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Christ_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)">Church of the Latter Day Saints</a> titles<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Later renamed: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (1838)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2"><b>First</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Assistant Counselor in the <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency" title="First Presidency">First Presidency</a> </b><br />September 3, 1837<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1837-09-03</span>)</span>–June 27, 1844<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1844-06-27</span>)</span> <br />With: <b> <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cowdery" title="Oliver Cowdery">Oliver Cowdery</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hyrum_Smith" title="Hyrum Smith">Hyrum Smith</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith_Sr." title="Joseph Smith Sr.">Joseph Smith Sr.</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Amasa_Lyman" title="Amasa Lyman">Amasa Lyman</a>: (<i>Counselor</i>) </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>Vacant</b><div style="font-size:90%">First Presidency reorganized</div><div style="font-size:90%">Title next held by</div><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. 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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 href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Monson" title="Thomas S. Monson">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 href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Monson" title="Thomas S. Monson">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. Smith</a> (1837–41)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Law_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="William Law (Latter Day Saints)">Law</a> (1841–44)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willard_Richards" title="Willard Richards">W. Richards</a> (1847–54)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jedediah_M._Grant" title="Jedediah M. Grant">Grant</a> (1854–56)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_H._Wells" title="Daniel H. Wells">Wells</a> (1857–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">J.F. Smith Sr.</a> (1880–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudger_Clawson" title="Rudger Clawson">Clawson</a> (1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthon_H._Lund" title="Anthon H. Lund">Lund</a> (1901–10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Smith" title="John Henry Smith">J.H. Smith</a> (1910–11)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Penrose" title="Charles W. Penrose">Penrose</a> (1911–21)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_W._Ivins" title="Anthony W. Ivins">Ivins</a> (1921–25)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Nibley" title="Charles W. 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 href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Monson" title="Thomas S. Monson">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. Eyring">Eyring</a> (2007–08)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dieter_F._Uchtdorf" title="Dieter F. Uchtdorf">Uchtdorf</a> (2008–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Eyring" title="Henry B. Eyring">Eyring</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)">Additional<br />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"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Assistant<br />Counselors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cowdery" title="Oliver Cowdery">Cowdery</a> (1837–38)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyrum_Smith" title="Hyrum Smith">H. Smith</a> (1837)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">John Smith</a> (1837–44)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith_Sr." title="Joseph Smith Sr.">J. Smith Sr.</a> (1837–40)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Willard_Young" title="John Willard Young">J.W. Young</a> (1874–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Cannon" title="George Q. Cannon">Cannon</a> (1874–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_Jr." title="Brigham Young Jr.">B. Young Jr.</a> (1874–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow" title="Lorenzo Snow">Snow</a> (1874–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Carrington" title="Albert Carrington">Carrington</a> (1874–77)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Counselors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amasa_Lyman" title="Amasa Lyman">Lyman</a> (1843–44)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">J.F. Smith Sr.</a> (1866–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Willard_Young" title="John Willard Young">J.W. Young</a> (1873–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Cannon" title="George Q. Cannon">Cannon</a> (1873–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_Jr." title="Brigham Young Jr.">B. Young Jr.</a> (1873–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow" title="Lorenzo Snow">Snow</a> (1873–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Carrington" title="Albert Carrington">Carrington</a> (1873–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorpe_B._Isaacson" title="Thorpe B. Isaacson">Isaacson</a> (1965–70)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fielding_Smith" title="Joseph Fielding Smith">J.F. Smith Jr.</a> (1965–70)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_R._Dyer" title="Alvin R. Dyer">Dyer</a> (1968–70)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. 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