President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)

**President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles** is a priesthood calling in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Normally, the president of the Quorum of the Twelve is the most senior apostle in the church, aside from its president.

## List of presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve

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|align="center"|1|align="center"||**Thomas B. Marsh**|14 February 1835 – 14 April 1840 (excommunicated)|He was excommunicated for apostasy.||||
|align="center"|2|align="center"||**Brigham Young**|14 April 1840 – 27 December 1847 (became church president)|Young was not formally set apart as Quorum president until 14 April 1840. He assumed church leadership in 1844 and formally became church president in 1847.||||
|align="center"|3|align="center"||**Orson Hyde**|27 December 1847 – 10 April 1875 (change in seniority)|Hyde was Quorum president because the more senior apostle, Heber C. Kimball, was a member of the First Presidency. (Under current practice, Hyde would have served as acting president until Kimball's death in 1868 and succeeded as quorum president after that.) In 1875 church president Brigham Young changed the rule of seniority in the Quorum: the senior member was to be the person with the longest _uninterrupted_ service in the Quorum, as opposed to the person who entered the Quorum at the earliest date. Hyde's seniority in the Quorum was reduced as he had been disfellowshipped for a brief period of time in 1839.||||
|align="center"|4|align="center"||**John Taylor**|10 April 1875 – 10 October 1880 (became church president)|He became quorum president when church president Brigham Young changed the rule of seniority in the Quorum. Taylor was not formally set apart until 6 October 1877, about a month after the death of Brigham Young. His tenure as Quorum president ended when he formally assumed the church presidency in 1880.||||
|align="center"|5|align="center"||**Wilford Woodruff**|10 October 1880 – 7 April 1889 (became church president)|It is unclear if he was ever formally set apart as Quorum president.||||
|align="center"|6|align="center"||**Lorenzo Snow**|7 April 1889 – 13 September 1898 (became church president)|||||
|align="center"|7|align="center"||**Franklin D. Richards**|13 September 1898 – 9 December 1899 (died)|||||
|align="center"|8|align="center"||**Brigham Young, Jr.**|9 December 1899 – 10 October 1901|He served as quorum president because the more senior apostles, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith, were members of the First Presidency (1898–1901). (Under current practice, Young would have served as acting president.) When church president Lorenzo Snow died in 1901, Joseph F. Smith returned to the Quorum of the Twelve as its President.||||
|align="center"|9|align="center"||**Joseph F. Smith**|10 October 1901 – 17 October 1901 (became church president)|Smith had the shortest tenure as quorum president. It is unclear whether he was formally set apart as such.||||
|align="center"|10|align="center"||**Brigham Young, Jr.**|17 October 1901 – 11 April 1903 (died)|Young had previously been quorum president (1898–1901) until Joseph F. Smith returned to the Quorum. When Smith became church president, Young resumed his position as Quorum president and was set apart on the same day. He is the only quorum president to serve non-consecutive terms.||||
|align="center"|11|align="center"||**Francis M. Lyman**|11 April 1903 – 18 November 1916 (died)|Lyman was not officially set apart as quorum president until 6 October 1903.||||
|align="center"|12|align="center"||** Heber J. Grant**|18 November 1916 – 23 November 1918 (became church president)|||||
|align="center"|13|align="center"||**Anthon H. Lund**|23 November 1918 – 2 March 1921 (died)|Lund was a member of the First Presidency during his entire tenure as quorum president. Rudger Clawson served as acting president during that time.||||
|align="center"|14|align="center"||**Rudger Clawson**|2 March 1921 – 21 June 1943 (died)|Longest tenure as quorum president. He previously served as acting president while Anthon H. Lund was a member of the First Presidency (1918–1921).||||
|align="center"|15|align="center"||**George Albert Smith**|21 June 1943 – 21 May 1945 (became church president)|||||
|align="center"|16|align="center"||**George F. Richards**|21 May 1945 – 8 August 1950 (died)|||||
|align="center"|17|align="center"||**David O. McKay**|8 August 1950 – 9 April 1951 (became church president)|He was a member of the First Presidency until 4 April 1951. Joseph Fielding Smith served as acting president during that time.||||
|align="center"|18|align="center"||**Joseph Fielding Smith**|9 April 1951 – 23 January 1970 (became church president)|He was a member of the First Presidency until 8 January 1970, but remained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve during this time. He previously served as acting president while David O. McKay was a member of the First Presidency (1950–1951).||||
|align="center"|19|align="center"||**Harold B. Lee**|23 January 1970 – 7 July 1972 (became church president)|He was a member of the First Presidency until 2 July 1972. Spencer W. Kimball served as acting president during that time.||||
|align="center"|20|align="center"||**Spencer W. Kimball**|7 July 1972 – 30 December 1973 (became church president)|He previously served as acting president while Harold B. Lee was a member of the First Presidency (1970–1972).||||
|align="center"|21|align="center"||**Ezra Taft Benson**|30 December 1973 – 10 November 1985 (became church president)|||||
|align="center"|22|align="center"||**Marion G. Romney**|10 November 1985 – 20 May 1988 (died)|Due to Romney's ill health, Howard W. Hunter served as acting president for the entirety of Romney's tenure as quorum president.||||
|align="center"|23|align="center"||**Howard W. Hunter**|20 May 1988 – 5 June 1994 (became church president)|He previously served as acting president due to Marion G. Romney's failing health and became quorum president upon Romney's death. Hunter was officially set apart two weeks later, on 2 June 1988.||||
|align="center"|24|align="center"||**Gordon B. Hinckley**|5 June 1994 – 12 March 1995 (became church president)|He was a member of the First Presidency until 3 March 1995. Boyd K. Packer served as acting president during that time.||||
|align="center"|25|align="center"||**Thomas S. Monson**|12 March 1995 – 3 February 2008 (became church president)|He was a member of the First Presidency until 27 January 2008. Boyd K. Packer served as acting president during that time.||||
|align="center"|26|align="center"||**Boyd K. Packer**|3 February 2008 – 3 July 2015 (died)|He previously served as acting president when the more senior apostles, Gordon B. Hinckley (1994–1995) and Thomas S. Monson (1994–1995 and 1995–2008), were members of the First Presidency.||||
|align="center"|27|align="center"||**Russell M. Nelson**|3 July 2015 – 14 January 2018 (became church president)|The second most senior apostle upon Boyd K. Packer's death, Nelson became quorum president. He was formally set apart on 15 July 2015.||||
|align="center"|28|align="center"||**Dallin H. Oaks**|14 January 2018 – 14 October 2025 (became church president)|He was a member of the First Presidency until 27 September 2025. M. Russell Ballard served as acting president from January 14, 2018 until his death on November 12, 2023. Jeffrey R. Holland served as acting president from November 15, 2023 until the First Presidency was dissolved on September 27, 2025.||||
|align=center|29|align=center||**Jeffrey R. Holland**|14 October 2025 – 27 December 2025 (died)|He previously served as acting president while Dallin H. Oaks was a member of the First Presidency (2023–2025).||||
|align=center|30|align=center||**Henry B. Eyring** _de facto_|27 December 2025 – present|||||