Prophets who served as counselors in the First Presidency
before serving as President of the Church

 

Of the sixteen brethren who have served as Presidents of the Church, only seven have served as counselors in the First Presidency before being ordained as the President of the Church. These seven are as follows:

 

                   

Prophet                    Served as counselor to whom              When set apart

 

                  Lorenzo Snow             Counselor to President Brigham Young           08 Apr 1873

                                           Assistant Counselor to Brigham Young           09 May 1874

 

 

                  Joseph F Smith           Counselor to the 1st Presidency (B Young)      01 Jul 1866

                                           2nd Counselor to John Taylor                   10 Oct 1880   

                                           2nd Counselor to Wilford Woodruff              07 Apr 1889

                                           2nd Counselor to Lorenzo Snow                  13 Sep 1898

                                           1st Counselor to Lorenzo Snow                  06 Oct 1901

 

 

                  David O McKay            2nd Counselor to Heber J Grant                 06 Oct 1934  

                                           2nd Counselor to George Albert Smith           21 May 1945

 

 

                  Joseph Fielding Smith    Counselor in the First Presidency              29 Oct 1965

 

 

                  Harold B Lee             1st Counselor to Joseph Fielding Smith         23 Jan 1970

 

 

                  Gordon B Hinckley        Counselor to Spencer W Kimball                 23 Jul 1981

                                           2nd Counselor to Spencer W Kimball             02 Dec 1982

                                           1st Counselor to Ezra Taft Benson              10 Nov 1985

                                           1st Counselor to Howard W Hunter               05 Jun 1994

 

                  Thomas S Monson          2nd Counselor to Ezra Taft Benson              10 Nov 1985

                                           2nd Counselor to Howard W Hunter               05 Jun 1994

                                           1st Counselor to Gordon B Hinckley             12 Mar 1995

 

 

Those prophets who did not serve as counselors in the First Presidency before serving as President of the Church are Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, Heber J Grant, George Albert Smith, Spencer W Kimball, Ezra Taft Benson, and Howard W Hunter.

 

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