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Page">John E. Page</a> from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles<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"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Carrington" title="Albert Carrington">Albert Carrington</a> ordained</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">Ezra Taft Benson<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1811-02-22</span>)</span>February 22, 1811<br /><a href="/wiki/Mendon,_Massachusetts" title="Mendon, Massachusetts">Mendon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 3, 1869<span style="display:none">(1869-09-03)</span> (aged 58)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ogden,_Utah" title="Ogden, Utah">Ogden</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">Logan City Cemetery<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=Ezra_T._Benson&params=41.7492_N_111.8061_W_type:landmark&title=Ogden+City+Cemetery"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°44′57″N</span> <span class="longitude">111°48′22″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.7492°N 111.8061°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.7492; 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Benson</b> to distinguish him from his <a href="/wiki/Ezra_Taft_Benson" title="Ezra Taft Benson">great-grandson</a> of the same name) was an <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">apostle</a> and 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> 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). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ezra_T._Benson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Benson was born in <a href="/wiki/Mendon,_Massachusetts" title="Mendon, Massachusetts">Mendon, Massachusetts</a> on February 22, 1811,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the son of John Benson and Chloe Taft.<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> His father moved to a farm in <a href="/wiki/Uxbridge,_Massachusetts" title="Uxbridge, Massachusetts">Uxbridge, Massachusetts</a>, in 1817 where he lived for at least 16 of the next 18 years. Benson married Pamelia Andrus of <a href="/wiki/Northbridge,_Massachusetts" title="Northbridge, Massachusetts">Northbridge</a> on January 1, 1832, at Uxbridge. They lived at Uxbridge for the next three years, between 1832 and 1835. Benson also had lived in Northbridge, on his sister's farm in 1830 and 1831. He and Pamelia had children, one of whom died at Uxbridge in 1833. Benson managed the ‘Wilson hotel’ in the center of Uxbridge and made a considerable sum of money which he invested in a cotton mill at <a href="/wiki/Holland,_Massachusetts" title="Holland, Massachusetts">Holland, Massachusetts</a>, He moved to Holland in 1835 and became postmaster,<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> before moving West. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conversion_to_Mormonism_and_church_leadership">Conversion to Mormonism and church leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ezra_T._Benson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Conversion to Mormonism and church leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After hearing <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a> speak in a debate against a Dr. Nelson, Benson and his wife were baptized into the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Christ_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)">Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints</a> on July 19, 1840, in <a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Illinois" title="Quincy, Illinois">Quincy, Illinois</a>. He was then ordained an <a href="/wiki/Elder_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elder (LDS Church)">elder</a> and <a href="/wiki/High_priest_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="High priest (Latter Day Saints)">high priest</a> in 1840.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had moved to Quincy previously, and first met members of the church when they came there at the time they were driven out of <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>.<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. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 1841, Benson moved to <a href="/wiki/Nauvoo,_Illinois" title="Nauvoo, Illinois">Nauvoo</a>. While in Nauvoo, Benson served as a night guard for the <a href="/wiki/Nauvoo_Temple" title="Nauvoo Temple">Nauvoo Temple</a> during its construction.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Benson was ordained to the office of apostle on July 16, 1846. He replaced <a href="/wiki/John_E._Page" title="John E. Page">John E. Page</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Quorum_of_the_Twelve" title="Quorum of the Twelve">Quorum of the Twelve</a>. </p><p>Benson arrived in the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Valley" title="Salt Lake Valley">Salt Lake Valley</a> as one of the first 148 <a href="/wiki/Mormon_pioneers" title="Mormon pioneers">Mormon settlers</a> with the vanguard company of 1847, also known as the Brigham Young Pioneer Company. The company left <a href="/wiki/Winter_Quarters,_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="Winter Quarters, Nebraska">Winter Quarters, Nebraska</a>, on April 16, 1847, and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley between July 21 and July 24, 1847.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Missionary_service">Missionary service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ezra_T._Benson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Missionary service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Benson served as a church <a href="/wiki/Mormon_missionary" title="Mormon missionary">missionary</a> in the United States, Europe, and the <a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_Islands" title="Hawaiian Islands">Sandwich Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first mission in the 1840s took him to his birthplace of Mendon, Massachusetts. On this journey he also preached in <a href="/wiki/Chambersburg,_Illinois" title="Chambersburg, Illinois">Chambersburg, Illinois</a>. During his second mission, Benson was in <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, serving with <a href="/wiki/John_Pack" title="John Pack">John Pack</a>, when they received news of <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Joseph_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith's murder</a>. From December 1844 to May 1845, Benson served a mission to New England, during which he served as president of the Boston <a href="/wiki/District_(LDS_Church)" title="District (LDS Church)">Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dew_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dew-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was in then charge of the church's missionary efforts in England until the fall of 1857. He went to the Sandwich Islands in 1864; the boat he was traveling on <a href="/wiki/Capsizing" title="Capsizing">capsized</a>, but Benson and the other missionaries lived.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ezra_T._Benson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Benson served in the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Territorial_Legislative_Assembly" title="Utah Territorial Legislative Assembly">Utah Territorial Legislature</a> as a Territorial Councilor for ten years.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ezra_T._Benson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like many early Latter Day Saints, Benson practiced <a href="/wiki/Plural_marriage" class="mw-redirect" title="Plural marriage">plural marriage</a>. On April 27, 1844, Benson married his first plural wife, Adeline Brooks Andrus, the sister of Pamelia.<sup id="cite_ref-Dew_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dew-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After moving to Utah, Benson married Adeline Brooks Andrus, <a href="/wiki/Desdemona_Wadsworth_Fullmer_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Desdemona Wadsworth Fullmer Smith">Desdemona Fullmer</a> (a widow of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a>), Eliza Ann Perry, Lucinda West, Elizabeth Gollaher, Olive Mary Knight, and Mary Larsen. Benson had eight wives and 35 children. He also owned a few <a href="/wiki/Paiute_Indian_Tribe_of_Utah" title="Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah">Paiute</a> slaves.<sup id="cite_ref-uncovered_story_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uncovered_story-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February, 1873, one of Benson's sons, Charles Augustus "Charlie" Benson, was lynched in <a href="/wiki/Logan,_Utah" title="Logan, Utah">Logan, Utah</a>, after an altercation in which he likely shot and killed a man, then tried to escape.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Benson's great-grandson, also named <a href="/wiki/Ezra_Taft_Benson" title="Ezra Taft Benson">Ezra Taft Benson</a>, also became an <a href="/wiki/Apostle_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Apostle (Latter Day Saints)">apostle</a> of the LDS Church; the younger Benson served as <a href="/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_Agriculture" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Secretary of Agriculture">U.S. Secretary of Agriculture</a> in the 1950s and <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">president</a> of the LDS Church from 1985 to 1994. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_burial">Death and burial</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ezra_T._Benson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death and burial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Benson died suddenly from a heart attack on September 3, 1869, while in <a href="/wiki/Ogden,_Utah" title="Ogden, Utah">Ogden</a>, Utah Territory.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="this is a personal website, not a reliable source. I made a clipping of a newspaper notice of his death here: https://www.newspapers.com/article/janesville-daily-gazette-death-of-elder/145082448/ (April 2024)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He was 58 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is buried in the Logan City Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Logan,_Utah" title="Logan, Utah">Logan, Utah</a>. </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=Ezra_T._Benson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Taft_family" title="Taft family">Taft family</a></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=Ezra_T._Benson&action=edit&section=8" 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"> <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">Page was disfellowshipped and removed from the Quorum on February 9, 1846. 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Smith</a> (1829–44)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-10"><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_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-11"><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_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-11"><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_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-excommunication_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-11"><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_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-11"><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_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-11"><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-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><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_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-11"><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_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-11"><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_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-11"><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_11-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-11"><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_11-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-11"><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_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-10"><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-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">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_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-10"><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_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-10"><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_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-10"><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_10-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-10"><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_11-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-11"><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_11-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-11"><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-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><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_11-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-excommunication-11"><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 href="/wiki/Alvin_R._Dyer" title="Alvin R. Dyer">Dyer</a> (1967–77)<sup id="cite_ref-not12_10-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not12-10"><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-not12-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-not12_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_10-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_10-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_10-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_10-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_10-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not12_10-9"><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-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_11-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_11-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_11-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_11-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_11-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_11-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_11-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_11-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-excommunication_11-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by excommunication.</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 resignation.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Term ended by removal of apostleship; was later excommunicated.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</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="Members_of_the_Council_of_Fifty_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints147" 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:LDScouncil50" title="Template:LDScouncil50"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:LDScouncil50" title="Template talk:LDScouncil50"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:LDScouncil50" title="Special:EditPage/Template:LDScouncil50"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Members_of_the_Council_of_Fifty_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints147" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Council_of_Fifty_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the Council of Fifty (LDS Church)">Members</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Fifty" title="Council of Fifty">Council of Fifty</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a></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/George_J._Adams" title="George J. Adams">Adams</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Almon_W._Babbitt" title="Almon W. Babbitt">Babbitt</a> (1844–56)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Badlam" title="Alexander Badlam">Badlam</a> (1844–45, 1851–68)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Benson</a> (1846–69)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Bent" title="Samuel Bent">Bent</a> (1844–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Milton_Bernhisel" title="John Milton Bernhisel">Bernhisel</a> (1844–81)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Bonney" title="Edward Bonney">Bonney</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uriah_Brown_(inventor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Uriah Brown (inventor) (page does not exist)">Brown</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Budge" title="William Budge">Budge</a> (1882–1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bullock_(Mormon)" title="Thomas Bullock (Mormon)">Bullock</a> (1846–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_T._Burton" title="Robert T. Burton">Burton</a> (1867–1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reynolds_Cahoon" title="Reynolds Cahoon">Cahoon</a> (1844–61)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Caine" title="John T. Caine">Caine</a> (1881–1911)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_H._Cannon" title="Abraham H. Cannon">A. H. Cannon</a> (1884–96)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_M._Cannon" title="Angus M. Cannon">A. M. Cannon</a> (1880–1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Q._Cannon" title="George Q. Cannon">G. Q. Cannon</a> (1867–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Q._Cannon" title="John Q. Cannon">J. Q. Cannon</a> (1884–1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Carrington" title="Albert Carrington">Carrington</a> (1845–89)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_B._Clawson" title="Hiram B. Clawson">Clawson</a> (1882–1912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Clayton_(Mormon)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Clayton (Mormon)">Clayton</a> (1844–79)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeter_Clinton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeter Clinton (page does not exist)">Clinton</a> (1867–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Cluff" title="William W. Cluff">Cluff</a> (1880–1915)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_W._Coolidge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph W. Coolidge (page does not exist)">Coolidge</a> (1844–48)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Van_Cott" title="John Van Cott">Cott</a> (1880–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpheus_Cutler" title="Alpheus Cutler">Cutler</a> (1844–49)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lewis_Dana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lewis Dana (page does not exist)">Dana</a> (1845–48)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cyrus_Daniels&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cyrus Daniels (page does not exist)">Daniels</a> (1845–46)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jonathan_Dunham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jonathan Dunham (page does not exist)">Dunham</a> (1845)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marenus_G._Eaton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marenus G. Eaton (page does not exist)">Eaton</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_S._Eldredge" title="Horace S. Eldredge">Eldredge</a> (1848–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Emmett" title="James Emmett">Emmett</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_W._Farnham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John W. Farnham (page does not exist)">Farnham</a> (1845–?)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorin_Farr" title="Lorin Farr">Farr</a> (1880–1909)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amos_Fielding&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amos Fielding (page does not exist)">A. Fielding</a> (1844–75)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fielding" title="Joseph Fielding">J. Fielding</a> (1844–63)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucian_R._Foster" title="Lucian R. Foster">Foster</a> (1845–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Fullmer" title="David Fullmer">D. Fullmer</a> (1845–79)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_S._Fullmer" title="John S. Fullmer">J. S. Fullmer</a> (1845–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_F._Gibbs" title="George F. 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Hollister (page does not exist)">Hollister</a> (1844–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Hooper" title="William Henry Hooper">Hooper</a> (1867–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Hunter_(Mormon)" title="Edward Hunter (Mormon)">Hunter</a> (1867–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orson_Hyde" title="Orson Hyde">Hyde</a> (1844–78)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_James_(Latter_Day_Saints)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samuel James (Latter Day Saints) (page does not exist)">James</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jennings_(mayor)" title="William Jennings (mayor)">Jennings</a> (1880–86)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Johnson" title="Benjamin F. Johnson">Johnson</a> (1844–1905)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_S._Kimball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles S. Kimball (page does not exist)">C. S. Kimball</a> (1867–1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Patten_Kimball" title="David Patten Kimball">D. P. Kimball</a> (1867–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball" title="Heber C. Kimball">H. C. Kimball</a> (1844–68)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heber_P._Kimball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heber P. Kimball (page does not exist)">H. P. Kimball</a> (1867–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Layton" title="Christopher Layton">Layton</a> (1883–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_D._Lee" title="John D. Lee">Lee</a> (1844–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feramorz_Little" title="Feramorz Little">Little</a> (1880–87)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_P._Lott" title="Cornelius P. Lott">Lott</a> (1844–50)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amasa_Lyman" title="Amasa Lyman">A. M. Lyman</a> (1844–67)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_M._Lyman" title="Francis M. Lyman">F. M. Lyman</a> (1880–1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Marks_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="William Marks (Latter Day Saints)">Marks</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Miller_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="George Miller (Latter Day Saints)">Miller</a> (1844–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Morley" title="Isaac Morley">Morley</a> (1845–65)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Murdock_(Mormon)" title="John R. Murdock (Mormon)">Murdock</a> (1880–1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._John_Nuttall" title="L. John Nuttall">Nuttall</a> (1880–1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pack" title="John Pack">Pack</a> (1845–46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Page" title="John E. Page">Page</a> (1845–46)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D._Parker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John D. Parker (page does not exist)">Parker</a> (1844–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Penrose" title="Charles W. Penrose">Penrose</a> (1882–1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canute_Peterson" title="Canute Peterson">Peterson</a> (1882–1902)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._W._Phelps_(Mormon)" title="W. W. Phelps (Mormon)">Phelps</a> (1844–72)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orson_Pratt" title="Orson Pratt">O. Pratt</a> (1844–81)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parley_P._Pratt" title="Parley P. Pratt">P. P. Pratt Sr.</a> (1844–57)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parley_P._Pratt_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Parley P. Pratt Jr. (page does not exist)">P. P. Pratt Jr.</a> (1867–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Preston_(Mormon)" title="William B. Preston (Mormon)">Preston</a> (1880–1908)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Reynolds_(Mormon)" title="George Reynolds (Mormon)">Reynolds</a> (1881–1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Rich" title="Charles C. Rich">C. C. Rich</a> (1844–82)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_C._Rich" title="Joseph C. Rich">J. C. Rich</a> (1867–1908)</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/Franklin_S._Richards" title="Franklin S. Richards">F. S. Richards</a> (1880–1934)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heber_J._Richards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heber J. Richards (page does not exist)">H. J. Richards</a> (1867–1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_Richards" title="Levi Richards">L. Richards</a> (1844–76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phinehas_Richards" title="Phinehas Richards">P. Richards</a> (1848–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willard_Richards" title="Willard Richards">W. Richards</a> (1844–54)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Rigdon" title="Sidney Rigdon">Rigdon</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porter_Rockwell" title="Porter Rockwell">Rockwell</a> (1844–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_P._Rockwood" title="Albert P. 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Smith</a> (1844)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith" title="Joseph F. Smith">J. F. Smith</a> (1867–1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas_S._Smith" title="Silas S. Smith">S. S. Smith</a> (1880–1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="William Smith (Latter Day Saints)">W. Smith</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_R._Smith_(Utah_politician)" title="William R. Smith (Utah politician)">W. R. Smith</a> (1880–94)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_O._Smoot" title="Abraham O. Smoot">Smoot</a> (1867–95)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erastus_Snow" title="Erastus Snow">E. Snow</a> (1844–88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow" title="Lorenzo Snow">L. Snow</a> (1849–1901)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willard_Snow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Willard Snow (page does not exist)">W. Snow</a> (1848–53)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Spencer_(Mormon)" title="Daniel Spencer (Mormon)">D. 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Taylor</a> (1880–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Teasdale" title="George Teasdale">Teasdale</a> (1882–1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Thatcher" title="Moses Thatcher">Thatcher</a> (1880–1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezra_Thayre" title="Ezra Thayre">Thayre</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theodore_Turley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Theodore Turley (page does not exist)">Turley</a> (1845–71)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorenzo_D._Wasson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lorenzo D. Wasson (page does not exist)">Wasson</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_H._Wells" title="Daniel H. Wells">D. H. Wells</a> (1848–91)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junius_F._Wells" title="Junius F. Wells">J. F. Wells</a> (1880–1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newel_K._Whitney" title="Newel K. Whitney">Whitney</a> (1844–50)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_Wight" title="Lyman Wight">Wight</a> (1844–45)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Winder" title="John R. 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