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Joseph Smith
April 1830* - June 1844
Birth: Dec. 23, 1805, at Sharon, Vermont
Church President: April 6, 1830*, at age 24
Death: June 27, 1844, at age 38
(*Sustained as first elder)
Brigham Young
December 1847 - August 1877
Birth: June 1, 1801, at Whitingham, Vermont
Church President: Dec. 27, 1847, at age 46
Death: Aug. 29, 1877, at age 76
John Taylor
October 1880 - July 1887
Birth: Nov. 1, 1808, at Milnthrop, England
Church President: Oct. 10, 1880, at age 71
Death: July 25, 1887, at age 78
Wilford Woodruff
April 1889 - September 1898
Birth: March 1, 1807, at Avon, Connecticut
Church President: April 7, 1889, at age 82
Death: Sept. 2, 1898, at age 91
Lorenzo Snow
September 1898 - October 1901
Birth: April 3, 1814, at Mantua, Ohio
Church President: Sept. 13, 1898, at age 84
Death: Oct. 10, 1901, at age 87
Joseph F. Smith
October 1901 - November 1918
Birth: Nov. 13, 1838, at Far West, Missouri.
Church President: Oct. 17, 1901, at age 62
Death: Nov. 19, 1918, at age 80
Heber J. Grant
November 1918 - May 1945
Birth: Nov. 22, 1856, at Salt Lake City, Utah
Church President: Nov. 23, 1918, at age 62
Death: May 14, 1945, at age 88
George Albert Smith
May 1945 - April 1951
Birth: April 4, 1870, at Salt Lake City, Utah
Church President: May 21, 1945, at age 75
Death: April 4, 1951, at age 81
David O. McKay
April 1951 - January 1970
Birth: Sept. 8, 1873, at Huntsville, Utah
Church President: April 9, 1951, at age 77
Death: Jan. 18, 1970, at age 96
Joseph Fielding Smith
January 1970 - July 1972
Birth: July 19, 1876, at Salt Lake City, Utah
Church President: Jan. 23, 1970, at age 93
Death: July 2, 1972, at age 95
Harold B. Lee
July 1972 - December 1973
Birth: March 28, 1899, at Clifton, Idaho
Church President: July 7, 1972, at age 73
Death: Dec. 26, 1973, at age 74
Spencer W. Kimball
December 1973 - November 1985
Birth: March 28, 1895, at Salt Lake City, Utah
Church President: Dec. 30, 1973, at age 78
Death: Nov. 5, 1985, at age 90
Ezra Taft Benson
November 1985 - May 1994
Birth: Aug. 4, 1899, at Whitney, Idaho
Church President: Nov. 10, 1985, at age 86
Death: May 30, 1994, at age 94
Howard W. Hunter
June 1994 - present
Birth: Nov. 14, 1907, at Boise, Idaho
Church President: June 5, 1994, at age 86
