🠈 LDS Presidents 🠊
LDS Presidents
While doing research in Utah one often encounters references to the current LDS president. Thomas Monson passed away this year; So, I decided make a list of the LDS president.
- 1830–1844 Joseph Smith Jr. - born December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont.
- 1847–1877 Brigham Young - born June 1, 1801, in Whitingham, Vermont.
- 1880–1887 John Taylor - born November 1, 1808, in Milnthorpe, Westmorland, England.
- 1887–1898 Wilford Woodruff - born March 1, 1807, and raised in Connecticut.
- 1898–1901 Lorenzo Snow - born April 3, 1814, in Mantua, Ohio.
- 1901–1918 Joseph F. Smith - born November 13, 1838, in Far West Missouri. In 1844 (his father, Hyrum Smith).
- 1918–1945 Heber J. Grant - born on November 22, 1856, in Salt Lake City.
- 1945–1951 George Albert Smith - George Albert Smith was born on April 4, 1870, in Salt Lake City. (His father was George Smith).
- 1951–1970 David O. McKay - born on September 8, 1873, David O. McKay and grew up in Huntsville, Utah.
- 1970–1972 Joseph Fielding Smith - born on July 19, 1876, in Salt Lake City.
- 1972–1973 Harold B. Lee - born on March 28, 1899, in Clifton, Idaho.
- 1973–1985 Spencer W. Kimball - born on March 28, 1895 in Salt Lake City.
- 1985–1994 Ezra Taft Benson - born August 4, 1899 in Whitney, Idaho.
- 1994–1995 Howard W. Hunter - born November 14, 1907 in Boise, Idaho,
- 1995–2008 Gordon B. Hinckley - born on June 23, 1910 in Salt Lake City.
- 2008–2018 Thomas S. Monson - born on August 21, 1927 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 2018-???? Russell Marion Nelson Sr. - born September 9, 1924 in Salt Lake City
References:
- Wikipedia - LDS Presidents (Drawn 1/18/2019)