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06 april 1952 9 lds 24 may 1879 photograph of david a. smith -lrb- mormon -rrb- salt lake city , utah , united states 150px 40.777 cemetery -111.858 type : landmark inline salt lake city first the presiding bishopric counselor in the presiding bishopric second counselor in emily jenkins david a. smith -lrb- mormon -rrb- . jpg david a. smith salt lake city cemetery 1918 07 18 1907 12 04 salt lake city , utah territory , united states charles w. nibley charles w. nibley joseph f. smith julina lambson honorable release of sylvester q. cannon and his counselors 1938 04 06 1918 07 18 david a. smith -lrb- mormon -rrb-
 david asael smith
david a. smith -lrb- mormon -rrb-

david asael smith -lrb- may 24 , 1879 -- april 6 , 1952 -rrb- was a member of the presiding bishopric of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints -lrb- lds church -rrb- between 1907 and 1938 and was the first president of the mormon tabernacle choir .
smith was born in salt lake city , utah territory , the son of lds apostle joseph f. smith and julina lambson .
he was baptized on his eighth birthday .
when charles w. nibley was selected as the new presiding bishop of the church in 1907 , he selected smith as his second counselor .
smith was ordained a high priest and a bishop by anthon h. lund in december 1907 .
when first counselor orrin porter miller died in 1918 , nibley made smith his new first counselor .
when nibley was asked to join the first presidency of the church in 1925 , the new presiding bishop , sylvester q. cannon , asked smith to remain in the presiding bishopric as first counselor .
smith served in this capacity until april 6 , 1938 , when cannon was released and became a member of the quorum of the twelve apostles .
as a member of the presiding bishopric , smith was the head of lds hospital in salt lake city .
in 1908 , the mormon tabernacle choir appointed smith as its first president .
in this capacity , smith 's duties included managing the administrative , financial , and logistic details of the choir 's increasing concert and tour schedule .
smith was president of the choir until his release from the presiding bishopric in 1938 .
from 1943 to 1949 , smith was the first president of the lds church 's idaho falls idaho temple .
smith was also a member of the general board of the deseret sunday school union .
smith died in salt lake city of cerebral arteriosclerosis and was buried at salt lake city cemetery .
