List of presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
This article lists the presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The included persons have served as President of the Church and prophet, seer, and revelator of the LDS Church.

List of presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Table Section Text: This article lists the presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The included persons have served as President of the Church and prophet, seer, and revelator of the LDS Church.

No.	Portrait	President of the Church	Birth	Ordination	Death	Length

1	-	Joseph Smith	December 23, 1805	April 6, 1830 (de facto) January 25, 1832 (de jure)	June 27, 1844 (aged 38)	14 years, 2 months (de facto) 12 years, 5 months (de jure)

Church led by Brigham Young as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.	3 years, 6 months

2	-	Brigham Young	June 1, 1801	December 27, 1847	August 29, 1877 (aged 76)	29 years, 8 months

Church led by John Taylor as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.	3 years, 1 month

3	-	John Taylor	November 1, 1808	October 10, 1880	July 25, 1887 (aged 78)	6 years, 9 months

Church led by Wilford Woodruff as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.	1 year, 8 months

4	-	Wilford Woodruff	March 1, 1807	April 7, 1889	September 2, 1898 (aged 91)	9 years, 4 months

5	-	Lorenzo Snow	April 3, 1814	September 13, 1898	October 10, 1901 (aged 87)	3 years, 1 month

6	-	Joseph F. Smith	November 13, 1838	October 17, 1901	November 19, 1918 (aged 80)	17 years, 1 month

7	-	Heber J. Grant	November 22, 1856	November 23, 1918	May 14, 1945 (aged 88)	26 years, 5 months

8	-	George Albert Smith	April 4, 1870	May 21, 1945	April 4, 1951 (aged 81)	5 years, 10 months

9	-	David O. McKay	September 8, 1873	April 9, 1951	January 18, 1970 (aged 96)	18 years, 9 months

10	-	Joseph Fielding Smith	July 19, 1876	January 23, 1970	July 2, 1972 (aged 95)	2 years, 5 months

11	-	Harold B. Lee	March 28, 1899	July 7, 1972	December 26, 1973 (aged 74)	1 year, 5 months

12	Spencer W. Kimball3.JPG	Spencer W. Kimball	March 28, 1895	December 30, 1973	November 5, 1985 (aged 90)	11 years, 10 months

13	-	Ezra Taft Benson	August 4, 1899	November 10, 1985	May 30, 1994 (aged 94)	8 years, 6 months

14	Howard W. Hunter.JPG	Howard W. Hunter	November 14, 1907	June 5, 1994	March 3, 1995 (aged 87)	9 months

15	-	Gordon B. Hinckley	June 23, 1910	March 12, 1995	January 27, 2008 (aged 97)	12 years, 10 months

16	-	Thomas S. Monson	August 21, 1927	February 3, 2008	January 2, 2018 (aged 90)	9 years, 11 months

17	-	Russell M. Nelson	September 9, 1924	January 14, 2018	Living; 94 years, 6 months (as of today)	Current; 1 year, 2 months (as of today)

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Heber Jeddy Grant (November 22, 1856 – May 14, 1945) served as the seventh President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

final_sentence: Heber Jeddy Grant (November 22, 1856 – May 14, 1945) served as the seventh President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).