Age differences between successive Presidents of the Church

Age differences between successive Presidents of the Church

Chart #1 -- Age differences listed chronologically

(The year of birth follows each prophet's name)

#01 Joseph Smith (1805) was 04 years 07 months younger than #02 Brigham Young (1801)

#02 Brigham Young (1801) was 07 years 05 months older than #03 John Taylor (1808)

#03 John Taylor (1808) was 01 years 08 months younger than #04 Wilford Woodruff (1807)

#04 Wilford Woodruff (1807) was 07 years 01 months older than #05 Lorenzo Snow (1814)

#05 Lorenzo Snow (1814) was 24 years 07 months older than #06 Joseph F Smith (1838)

#06 Joseph F Smith (1838) was 18 years 00 months older than #07 Heber J Grant (1856)

#07 Heber J Grant (1856) was 13 years 04 months older than #08 George A Smith (1870)

#08 George A Smith (1870) was 03 years 05 months older than #09 David O McKay (1873)

#09 David O McKay (1873) was 02 years 10 months older than #10 Joseph Fielding Smith (1876)

#10 Joseph Fielding Smith (1876) was 22 years 08 months older than #11 Harold B Lee (1899)

#11 Harold B Lee (1899) was 04 years 00 months younger than #12 Spencer W Kimball (1895)

#12 Spencer W Kimball (1895) was 04 years 04 months older than #13 Ezra T Benson (1899)

#13 Ezra T Benson (1899) was 08 years 03 months older than #14 Howard W Hunter (1907)

#14 Howard W Hunter (1907) was 02 years 07 months older than #15 Gordon B Hinckley (1910)

#15 Gordon B Hinckley (1910) was 17 years 02 months older than #16 Thomas S Monson (1927)

(As seen above, on only three occasions has a Church president been succeeded by a new Church president who was chronologically older than the recently-deceased president (Brigham Young was older than Joseph Smith, Wilford Woodruff was older than John Taylor, and Spencer W Kimball was older than Harold B Lee).

Chart #2 -- Age differences listed by decreasing differences