List of General Presidencies of the Relief Society - wikipedia List of General Presidencies of the Relief Society This list of General Presidencies of the Relief Society includes the General President and the counselors of the Relief Society General Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints. No. Dates General President First Counselor Second Counselor March 17, 1842 ( 1842 - 03 - 17 ) -- 1844 Emma Hale Smith Sarah M. Cleveland Elizabeth Ann Whitney December 1866 -- December 5, 1887 ( 1887 - 12 - 05 ) Eliza R. Snow Zina D.H. Young April 8, 1888 ( 1888 - 04 - 08 ) -- August 28, 1901 ( 1901 - 08 - 28 ) Zina D.H. Young Jane S. Richards Bathsheba W. Smith November 10, 1901 ( 1901 - 11 - 10 ) -- September 20, 1910 ( 1910 - 09 - 20 ) Bathsheba W. Smith Annie Taylor Hyde ( 1901 -- 09 ) None ( 1909 -- 10 ) Ida S. Dusenberry October 3, 1910 ( 1910 - 10 - 03 ) -- April 2, 1921 ( 1921 - 04 - 02 ) Emmeline B. Wells Clarissa S. Williams Julina L. Smith 6 April 2, 1921 ( 1921 - 04 - 02 ) -- October 7, 1928 ( 1928 - 10 - 07 ) Clarissa S. Williams Jennie B. Knight Louise Y. Robison 7 October 7, 1928 ( 1928 - 10 - 07 ) -- December 31, 1939 ( 1939 - 12 - 31 ) Louise Y. Robison Amy B. Lyman Julia A. Child ( 1928 -- 35 ) Kate M. Barker ( 1935 -- 39 ) Child Barker 8 January 1, 1940 ( 1940 - 01 - 01 ) -- April 6, 1945 ( 1945 - 04 - 06 ) Amy B. Lyman Marcia K. Howells Donna D. Sorensen ( 1940 -- 42 ) Belle S. Spafford ( 1942 -- 45 ) Sorensen Spafford 9 April 6, 1945 ( 1945 - 04 - 06 ) -- October 3, 1974 ( 1974 - 10 - 03 ) Belle S. Spafford Marianne C. Sharp Gertrude R. Garff ( 1945 -- 47 ) Velma N. Simonsen ( 1947 -- 56 ) Helen W. Anderson ( 1957 -- 58 ) Louise W. Madsen ( 1958 -- 74 ) Garff Simonsen Anderson Madsen 10 October 3, 1974 ( 1974 - 10 - 03 ) -- April 7, 1984 ( 1984 - 04 - 07 ) Barbara B. Smith Janath R. Cannon ( 1974 -- 78 ) Marian R. Boyer ( 1978 -- 84 ) Marian R. Boyer ( 1974 -- 78 ) Shirley W. Thomas ( 1978 -- 83 ) Ann S. Reese ( 1983 -- 84 ) 11 April 7, 1984 ( 1984 - 04 - 07 ) -- March 31, 1990 ( 1990 - 03 - 31 ) Barbara W. Winder Joy F. Evans Joanne B. Doxey 12 March 31, 1990 ( 1990 - 03 - 31 ) -- April 5, 1997 ( 1997 - 04 - 05 ) Elaine L. Jack Chieko N. Okazaki Aileen H. Clyde 13 April 5, 1997 ( 1997 - 04 - 05 ) -- April 6, 2002 ( 2002 - 04 - 06 ) Mary Ellen W. Smoot Virginia U. Jensen Sheri L. Dew 14 April 6, 2002 ( 2002 - 04 - 06 ) -- March 31, 2007 ( 2007 - 03 - 31 ) Bonnie D. Parkin Kathleen H. Hughes Anne C. Pingree 15 March 31, 2007 ( 2007 - 03 - 31 ) -- March 31, 2012 ( 2012 - 03 - 31 ) Julie B. Beck Silvia H. Allred Barbara Thompson 16 March 31, 2012 ( 2012 - 03 - 31 ) -- April 1, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 01 ) Linda K. Burton Carole M. Stephens Linda S. Reeves 17 April 1, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 01 ) -- Jean B. Bingham Sharon Eubank Reyna I. Aburto See also Book : Relief Society Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_General_Presidencies_of_the_Relief_Society&oldid=829321725 '' Categories : Counselors in the General Presidency of the Relief Society General Presidents of the Relief Society Latter Day Saint movement lists Lists of Christian religious leaders Relief Society Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 7 March 2018, at 22 : 53. About Wikipedia

Question: who was the longest serving general relief society president
Answer: Belle S. Spafford