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Dyer</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Alvin_R._Dyer2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Alvin_R._Dyer2.jpg/220px-Alvin_R._Dyer2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="317" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Alvin_R._Dyer2.jpg/330px-Alvin_R._Dyer2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Alvin_R._Dyer2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="394" data-file-height="568" /></a></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">October 1, 1976<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1976-10-01</span>)</span> – March 6, 1977<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1977-03-06</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/Assistant_to_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles" title="Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles">Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">January 18, 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1970-01-18</span>)</span> – October 1, 1976<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1976-10-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">End reason</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Position abolished</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;">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">April 6, 1968<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1968-04-06</span>)</span> – January 18, 1970<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1970-01-18</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">End reason</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Death of David O. McKay</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 5, 1967<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1967-10-05</span>)</span> – March 6, 1977<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1977-03-06</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reason</th><td class="infobox-data">David O. McKay's discretion<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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reorganization<br /><span class="nowrap">at end of term</span></th><td class="infobox-data">No apostles ordained<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></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/Assistant_to_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles" title="Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles">Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">October 11, 1958<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1958-10-11</span>)</span> – October 5, 1967<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1967-10-05</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">End reason</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Called as a 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><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">Alvin Rulon Dyer<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1903-01-01</span>)</span>January 1, 1903<br /><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 6, 1977<span style="display:none">(1977-03-06)</span> (aged 74)<br /><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Cause of death</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stroke" title="Stroke">Stroke</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Resting place</span></th><td class="infobox-data label">Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park<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=Alvin_R._Dyer&params=40_41_52.08_N_111_50_30.12_W_type:landmark&title=Wasatch+Lawn+Memorial+Park"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°41′52.08″N</span> <span class="longitude">111°50′30.12″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.6978000°N 111.8417000°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.6978000; -111.8417000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">May E. Jackson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data">Alfred L. Dyer<br />Harriet Walsh</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 0 #aaaaaa; text-align:left"><div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output 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title="Portal:Latter Day Saint movement">LDS movement portal</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Alvin Rulon Dyer</b> (January 1, 1903 – March 6, 1977) was an <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostle (LDS Church)">apostle</a> in <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) and served as a member of the church's <a href="/wiki/First_Presidency_(LDS_Church)" title="First Presidency (LDS Church)">First Presidency</a> from 1968 to 1970. </p><p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>, Dyer was ordained as apostle on October 5, 1967, (but was not added as a member of 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>) and subsequently was <a href="/wiki/Setting_apart" title="Setting apart">set apart</a> as a counselor in the First Presidency to church <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">president</a> <a href="/wiki/David_O._McKay" title="David O. McKay">David O. McKay</a>. After McKay's death in 1970, Dyer was returned to a position as an <a href="/wiki/Assistant_to_the_Twelve_Apostles" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant to the Twelve Apostles">Assistant to the Twelve Apostles</a>, and later to the <a href="/wiki/First_Quorum_of_the_Seventy" class="mw-redirect" title="First Quorum of the Seventy">First Quorum of the Seventy</a> when it was reconstituted in 1976. Dyer is the only person in the LDS Church's history to serve in the First Quorum of <a href="/wiki/Seventy_(LDS_Church)" title="Seventy (LDS Church)">Seventy</a> after having been ordained to the office of <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">Apostle</a>.<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> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvin_R._Dyer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Raised in Utah, Dyer was an accomplished baseball player as a youth, but put baseball aside to serve as a <a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary" title="Mormon missionary">missionary</a> for the LDS Church in the Eastern States <a href="/wiki/Mission_(LDS_Church)" title="Mission (LDS Church)">Mission</a> from 1922 to 1924. In 1926, he married May Elizabeth Jackson in the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Temple" title="Salt Lake Temple">Salt Lake Temple</a>. </p><p>After his mission, Dyer had the opportunity to play professional baseball, but declined the offer because he would have to play on Sundays.<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> Instead, he studied mechanical drafting and technical engineering in order to become a sheet metal journeyman. He later managed the <a href="/wiki/HVAC" class="mw-redirect" title="HVAC">heating and air conditioning</a> department of Utah Builders Supply. Eventually, he formed the Dyer Distributing Company which he owned until 1954, when he dissolved all his business interests upon being called to full-time service as a <a href="/wiki/Mission_president" title="Mission president">mission president</a> for the church. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ARDgrave.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/ARDgrave.jpg/200px-ARDgrave.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/ARDgrave.jpg/300px-ARDgrave.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/ARDgrave.jpg/400px-ARDgrave.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2576" data-file-height="1932" /></a><figcaption>Alvin R. Dyer's grave marker</figcaption></figure> <p>In addition to his service as a <a href="/wiki/General_authority" title="General authority">general authority</a>, Dyer served in many capacities within the church, including <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Bishop (Latter Day Saints)">bishop</a> and <a href="/wiki/High_council_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="High council (Latter Day Saints)">stake high councilor</a>. He served as <a href="/wiki/Mission_president" title="Mission president">president</a> of the church's Central States <a href="/wiki/Mission_(LDS_Church)" title="Mission (LDS Church)">Mission</a> beginning in 1954, and of the European Mission from 1960 to 1962. While leading the European Mission, Dyer was an enthusiastic supporter of <a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Moyle" title="Henry D. Moyle">Henry D. Moyle</a>'s Baseball Baptism Program that accelerated the rate of baptisms among young people. He told the missionaries, "you can teach ... everything that a person needs to know to be baptized in this Church in less than three minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aside from his business and church activities, Dyer was active in both the Missouri Historical Society and the <a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Missouri" title="Jackson County, Missouri">Jackson County</a> Historical Society. He authored a book on LDS Church history in Missouri, <i>The Refiner's Fire, Historical Highlights of Missouri</i> (Deseret Book, 1960). </p><p>In 1961, Dyer taught that the reason most <a href="/wiki/Negro" title="Negro">negroes</a> were <a href="/wiki/Black_people_and_Mormonism" title="Black people and Mormonism">prohibited from being ordained to priesthood offices</a> was because they were descended from <a href="/wiki/Cain_and_Abel" title="Cain and Abel">Cain</a> and thus were a "cursed lineage".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Church president <a href="/wiki/Spencer_W._Kimball" title="Spencer W. Kimball">Spencer W. Kimball</a> announced <a href="/wiki/1978_Revelation_on_Priesthood" title="1978 Revelation on Priesthood">the end of these restrictions</a> in 1978. </p><p>In August 1967, McKay decided to appoint Dyer as one of his counselors. McKay made the decision without consulting his other counselors, <a href="/wiki/Hugh_B._Brown" title="Hugh B. Brown">Hugh B. Brown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Eldon_Tanner" title="Nathan Eldon Tanner">N. Eldon Tanner</a>. The appointment caused some tension between Brown and Tanner and the newly called Dyer over what Dyer's role would be and whether his calling was as a counselor "to" the First Presidency or "in" the First Presidency.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1972, Dyer suffered a stroke that limited his activity. He died at his home in <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a> in 1977. </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=Alvin_R._Dyer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_T._Bentley" title="Joseph T. Bentley">Joseph T. Bentley</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvin_R._Dyer&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><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"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><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">Dyer was ordained and added as a counselor in the First Presidency. Dyer was never a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, but he retained the apostleship throughout the remainder of his life.</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">Because Dyer was not a member of the First Presidency or the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles when he died, his death did not result in any new apostles being called.</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 also one of two to serve as Assistant to the Twelve, <a href="/wiki/Thorpe_B._Isaacson" title="Thorpe B. Isaacson">Thorpe B. Isaacson</a> being the other, after serving in First Presidency.</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"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1977/05/news-of-the-church/elder-alvin-r-dyer-dies?lang=eng">"Elder Alvin R. Dyer Dies,"</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, May 1977, p. 119.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</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 id="CITEREFQuinn" class="citation journal cs1">Quinn, Michael. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/pdf/093-30-44.pdf">"I-Thou vs. I-It Conversions: The Mormon 'Baseball Baptism' Era"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Sunstone_(magazine)" title="Sunstone (magazine)">Sunstone</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 March</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sunstone&rft.atitle=I-Thou+vs.+I-It+Conversions%3A+The+Mormon+%27Baseball+Baptism%27+Era&rft.aulast=Quinn&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sunstonemagazine.com%2Fpdf%2F093-30-44.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlvin+R.+Dyer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"For What Purpose?," Missionary Conference, Oslo, Norway, March 18, 1961, printed in <i>The Negro in Mormon Theology</i>, pp. 48–58.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBergera2006" class="citation journal cs1">Bergera, Gary James (2006). 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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 href="/wiki/John_Smith_(uncle_of_Joseph_Smith)" title="John Smith (uncle of Joseph Smith)">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">Dyer</a> (1968–70)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Hinckley</a> (1981–82)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Third 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/Hugh_B._Brown" title="Hugh B. Brown">Brown</a> (1961)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Apostles_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints91" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:LDSApostles" title="Template:LDSApostles"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:LDSApostles" title="Template talk:LDSApostles"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:LDSApostles" title="Special:EditPage/Template:LDSApostles"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Apostles_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints91" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">Apostles</a> of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">J. Smith</a> (1829–44)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cowdery" title="Oliver Cowdery">Cowdery</a> (1829–38)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Whitmer" title="David Whitmer">Whitmer</a> (1829–38)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Harris_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints)">Harris</a> (unknown–1837)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Marsh" title="Thomas B. Marsh">Marsh</a> (1835–39)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="William Smith (Latter Day Saints)">Wm. Smith</a> (1835–45)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_E._Johnson" title="Lyman E. Johnson">L. E. Johnson</a> (1835–38)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Page" title="John E. Page">Page</a> (1838–46)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_9-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyrum_Smith" title="Hyrum Smith">H. Smith</a> (1841–44)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amasa_Lyman" title="Amasa Lyman">A. M. Lyman</a> (1842–67)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_H._Wells" title="Daniel H. Wells">Wells</a> (1857–91)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Willard_Young" title="John Willard Young">J. W. Young</a> (1855–1924)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_8-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_9-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_9-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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)<sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_9-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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 href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Monson" title="Thomas S. Monson">Monson</a> (1963–2018)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dyer</a> (1967–77)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_8-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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. Gong">Gong</a> (2018–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulisses_Soares" title="Ulisses Soares">Soares</a> (2018–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kearon" title="Patrick Kearon">Kearon</a> (2023–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Notes117" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Notes</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: left;"><div><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-not12-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-not12_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_8-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_8-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_8-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_8-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_8-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_8-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Never a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-excommunication-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_9-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_9-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_9-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_9-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_9-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_9-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_9-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_9-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_9-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by excommunication.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by resignation.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by removal of apostleship; was later excommunicated.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by suspension of priesthood.</span> </li> </ol></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Assistants_to_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints149" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:LDSasstq12" title="Template:LDSasstq12"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:LDSasstq12" title="Template talk:LDSasstq12"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:LDSasstq12" title="Special:EditPage/Template:LDSasstq12"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Assistants_to_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints149" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Assistant_to_the_Quorum_of_the_Twelve_Apostles" title="Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles">Assistants to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles</a> of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Anderson_(Mormon)" title="Joseph Anderson (Mormon)">Anderson</a> (1970–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_J._Ashton" title="Marvin J. Ashton">Ashton</a> (1969–71)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Grant_Bangerter" title="William Grant Bangerter">Bangerter</a> (1975–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Bennett_(Mormon)" title="William H. Bennett (Mormon)">Bennett</a> (1970–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_P._Brockbank" title="Bernard P. Brockbank">Brockbank</a> (1962–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_B._Brown" title="Hugh B. Brown">Brown</a> (1953–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_M._Burton" title="Theodore M. Burton">Burton</a> (1960–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ElRay_L._Christiansen" title="ElRay L. Christiansen">Christiansen</a> (1951–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Critchlow_Jr." title="William J. Critchlow Jr.">Critchlow</a> (1958–68)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Cullimore" title="James A. Cullimore">Cullimore</a> (1966–76)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dyer</a> (1958–67)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_E._Faust" title="James E. Faust">Faust</a> (1972–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Thomas_Fyans" title="J. Thomas Fyans">Fyans</a> (1974–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_B._Haight" title="David B. Haight">Haight</a> (1970–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Hales" title="Robert D. Hales">Hales</a> (1975–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_D._Hanks" title="Marion D. Hanks">Hanks</a> (1968–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_B._Hinckley" title="Gordon B. Hinckley">Hinckley</a> (1958–61)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorpe_B._Isaacson" title="Thorpe B. Isaacson">Isaacson</a> (1961–65, 1970)</li> <li>Komatsu (1975–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Longden_(Mormon)" title="John Longden (Mormon)">Longden</a> (1951–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_A._Maxwell" title="Neal A. Maxwell">Maxwell</a> (1974–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._McKay" title="Thomas E. McKay">McKay</a> (1941–58)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Morris" title="George Q. Morris">Morris</a> (1951–54)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyd_K._Packer" title="Boyd K. Packer">Packer</a> (1961–70)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Tom_Perry" title="L. Tom Perry">Perry</a> (1972–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Richards_(Mormon_seventy)" title="Franklin D. Richards (Mormon seventy)">F. Richards</a> (1960–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stayner_Richards" title="Stayner Richards">S. Richards</a> (1951–53)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_G._Romney" title="Marion G. Romney">Romney</a> (1941–51)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_W._Sill" title="Sterling W. Sill">Sill</a> (1954–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Simpson_(Mormon)" title="Robert L. Simpson (Mormon)">Simpson</a> (1972–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_G._Smith" title="Nicholas G. Smith">Smith</a> (1941–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alma_Sonne" title="Alma Sonne">Sonne</a> (1941–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._Leslie_Stone" title="O. Leslie Stone">Stone</a> (1972–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Eldon_Tanner" title="Nathan Eldon Tanner">Tanner</a> (1958–67)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Taylor" title="Henry D. Taylor">Taylor</a> (1958–76)</li> <li>Vandenberg (1972–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Wirthlin" title="Joseph B. Wirthlin">Wirthlin</a> (1975–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_E._Young" title="Clifford E. Young">Young</a> (1941–58)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="General_presidencies_of_the_Young_Men_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints242" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:LDSyoungmen" title="Template:LDSyoungmen"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:LDSyoungmen" title="Template talk:LDSyoungmen"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:LDSyoungmen" title="Special:EditPage/Template:LDSyoungmen"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="General_presidencies_of_the_Young_Men_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints242" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">General presidencies of the <a 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 href="/wiki/Robert_L._Backman" title="Robert L. Backman">Backman</a> (1972–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_D._Schaerrer" title="Neil D. Schaerrer">Schaerrer</a> (1977–79)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Backman" title="Robert L. Backman">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Robert_L._Backman" title="Robert L. Backman">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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