Apostles who served the longest as
least-senior member of the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostle Tenure as least-senior member of the Quorum Dates served as least-senior member
Franklin D Richards 11 yr 06 mo 12 Feb 1849 to 26 Aug 1860
John A Widstoe 10 yr 07 mo 17 Mar 1921 to 08 Oct 1931
Henry B Eyring 09 yr 06 mo 06 Apr 1995 to 02 Oct 2004
Albert Carrington 08 yr 09 mo 03 Jul 1870 to 09 Apr 1879
George Q Cannon 08 yr 02 mo 26 Aug 1860 to 09 Oct 1868
Abraham H Cannon 08 yr 00 mo 07 Oct 1889 to 07 Oct 1897
Thomas S Monson 06 yr 06 mo 10 Oct 1963 to 09 Apr 1970
John W Taylor 05 yr 06 mo 09 Apr 1884 to 07 Oct 1889
Richard G Scott 05 yr 06 mo 06 Oct 1988 to 07 Apr 1994
James E Talmage 05 yr 01 mo 08 Dec 1911 to 18 Jan 1917
George Q Morris 04 yr 00 mo 08 Apr 1954 to 10 Apr 1958
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