14 February 1835 Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is organized.
Oliver Cowdery,
Martin Harris, and
David Whitmer choose the first 12 members.
Lyman E. Johnson, Brigham Young and
Heber C. Kimball ordained.
15 February 1835 Orson Hyde,
David W. Patten,
Luke S. Johnson, William E. M'Lellin,
John F. Boynton and
William Smith ordained.
21 February 1835 Parley P. Pratt ordained.
25 April 1835Thomas B. Marsh ordained.
26 April 1835 Orson Pratt ordained.
2 May 1835 Thomas B. Marsh sustained as
President of the Quorum of the Twelve3 September 1837 John F. Boynton disfellowshipped. He was excommunicated later that year.
13 April 1838 Lyman E. Johnson and his brother,
Luke S. Johnson excommunicated.
11 May 1838 William E. M'Lellin excommunicated.
25 October 1838 David W. Patten killed in
Battle of Crooked River.
19 December 1838 John Taylor and
John E. Page ordained.
17 March 1839 Thomas B. Marsh excommunicated.
26 April 1839 Wilford Woodruff and
George A. Smith ordained.
4 May 1839 William Smith and
Orson Hyde removed from the Quorum by vote of the church.
25 May 1839 William Smith restored to Quorum by vote of the Church.
27 June 1839 Orson Hyde restored to the Quorum by vote of the church.
14 April 1840 Willard Richards ordained in England. Also the first occasion where Brigham Young was formally sustained
President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
8 April 1841 Lyman Wight ordained.
20 August 1842 Orson Pratt excommunicated. Amasa M. Lyman ordained.
20 January 1843 Orson Pratt rebaptized and restored to former office in the Quorum. Amasa M. Lyman replaced.
4 February 1843 Amasa M. Lyman made a Counselor to
First Presidency.
27 June 1844 Joseph Smith and
Hyrum Smith martyred. Amasa M. Lyman retires from
First Presidency.
12 August 1844 Amasa M. Lyman returned to the Quorum.
6 October 1845 William Smith dropped from Quorum. He was excommunicated 19 October 1845.
9 February 1846 John E. Page disfellowshipped. He was excommunicated on 27 June 1846
16 July 1846 Ezra T. Benson ordained.
27 December 1847 The
First Presidency is reorganized, with Brigham Young
President, Heber C. Kimball First Counselor, and
Willard Richards Second Counselor. Orson Hyde becomes
President of the Quorum.
3 December 1848 Lyman Wight excommunicated.
12 February 1849 Charles C. Rich,
Lorenzo Snow,
Erastus Snow, and
Franklin D. Richards ordained.
11 March 1854 Willard Richards dies.
4 January 1857 Daniel H. Wells ordained an apostle and set apart as a counsellor to Brigham Young.
13 May 1857 Parley P. Pratt is assassinated.
26 August 1860 George Q. Cannon ordained.
4 February 1864 Brigham Young, Jr. ordained an apostle, but not a member of the Quorum.
John Willard Young ordained an apostle, but not a member of the Quorum. (Set apart as counselor to Brigham Young in 1867, and to Twelve in 1877.)
Joseph Angell Young ordained an apostle, but not a member of the Quorum.
1 July 1866 Joseph F. Smith ordained and simultaneously set apart Counselor to President Brigham Young.
6 October 1867 Amasa M. Lyman deprived of apostleship. He was excommunicated on 12 May 1870.
8 October 1867 Joseph F. Smith was sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve. (He was previously ordained an apostle.)
22 June 1868 Heber C. Kimball dies.
7 October 1868 George A. Smith set apart First Counselor to President Brigham Young.
9 October 1868 Brigham Young, Jr. sustained as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve. (He was previously ordained an apostle.)
3 September 1869 Ezra T. Benson dies.
3 July 1870 Albert Carrington ordained.
8 April 1873 Brigham Young, Jr.,
Albert Carrington,
John Willard Young and George Q. Cannon set apart as Counselors to President Brigham Young.
9 May 1874 George Q. Cannon set apart Assistant Counselor to President Brigham Young. Albert Carrington set apart Counselor to President Brigham Young.
10 April 1875 Orson Hyde and Orson Pratt are moved down in seniority in the Quorum due to earlier apostasy, putting them in the places they would be had they entered the Quorum at the time of their reinstatements.
John Taylor becomes President of the Quorum.
5 August 1875 Joseph Angell Young dies. He had never been a member of the First Presidency and was never added to the Quorum of the Twelve.
1 September 1875 George A. Smith dies.
29 August 1877 Brigham Young dies.
28 November 1878 Orson Hyde dies.
7 April 1879 Moses Thatcher ordained.
10 October 1880 The First Presidency is reorganized with John Taylor President, George Q. Cannon First Counselor, and Joseph F. Smith Second Counselor.
Wilford Woodruff becomes President of the Quorum.
27 October 1880 Francis M. Lyman and
John Henry Smith ordained.
3 October 1881 Orson Pratt, the last surviving member of the original quorum, dies.
16 October 1882 George Teasdale and
Heber J. Grant ordained.
17 November 1883 Charles C. Rich dies.
9 April 1884 John W. Taylor ordained.
7 November 1885 Albert Carrington excommunicated.
25 July 1887 John Taylor dies.
27 May 1888 Erastus Snow dies.
7 April 1889 The First Presidency is reorganized with Wilford Woodruff President, George Q. Cannon First Counselor, and Joseph F. Smith Second Counselor.
Lorenzo Snow becomes President of the Quorum.
7 October 1889 Marriner W. Merrill,
Anthon H. Lund, and
Abraham H. Cannon ordained.
13 November 1893 William Smith dies.
6 April 1896 Moses Thatcher is not sustained by the church and dropped from the Quorum.
19 July 1896 Abraham H. Cannon dies.
7 October 1896 Matthias F. Cowley and
Abraham O. Woodruff ordained.
2 September 1898 Wilford Woodruff dies.
13 September 1898 The First Presidency is reorganized with Lorenzo Snow President, George Q. Cannon First Counselor, and Joseph F. Smith Second Counselor. Franklin D. Richards becomes President of the Quorum.
10 October 1898 Rudger Clawson ordained.
9 December 1899 Franklin D. Richards dies. George Q. Cannon becomes President of the Quorum.
8 April 1900 Reed Smoot ordained.
12 April 1901 George Q. Cannon dies. Joseph F. Smith becomes President of the Quorum.
10 October 1901 Lorenzo Snow dies.
17 October 1901 The First Presidency is reorganized with Joseph F. Smith President John Rex Winder as First Counselor and Anthon H. Lund Second Counselor. Brigham Young, Jr. becomes President of the Quorum.
24 October 1901 Hyrum M. Smith ordained.
January 1903 Reed Smoot elected to the U.S. Senate.
11 April 1903 Brigham Young, Jr. dies. Francis M. Lyman becomes President of the Quorum.
8 October 1903 George Albert Smith ordained.
20 June 1904 Abraham O. Woodruff dies.
7 July 1904 Charles W. Penrose ordained.
28 October 1905 John W. Taylor and Matthias F. Cowley resign.
6 February 1906 Marriner W. Merrill dies.
9 April 1906 George F. Richards,
Orson F. Whitney, and
David O. McKay ordained.
20 February 1907 A motion to remove Reed Smoot from the U.S. Senate is defeated. (
See Smoot Hearings)
9 June 1907 George Teasdale dies.
6 October 1907 Anthony W. Ivins ordained.
21 August 1909 Moses Thatcher dies.
27 March 1910 John Rex Winder, First Counselor in the First Presidency, dies.
7 April 1910 Joseph F. Smith reorganizes First Presidency. Anthon H. Lund set apart as First Counselor, and
John Henry Smith as Second Counselor.
Joseph Fielding Smith ordained.
13 October 1911 John Henry Smith dies.
7 December 1911 Charles W. Penrose ordained Second Counselor to President Joseph F. Smith.
8 December 1911 James E. Talmage ordained.
18 November 1916 Francis M. Lyman dies.
23 November 1916 Heber J. Grant becomes President of the Quorum.
18 January 1917 Stephen L. Richards ordained.
23 January 1918 Hyrum M. Smith dies.
7 April 1918 Richard R. Lyman ordained.
19 November 1918 Joseph F. Smith dies.
23 November 1918 The First Presidency is reorganized, with Heber J. Grant President, Anthon H. Lund First Counselor, and Charles W. Penrose Second Counselor. Anthon H. Lund becomes President of the Quorum.
7 January 1919 Melvin J. Ballard ordained.
2 March 1921 Anthon H. Lund dies.
Rudger Clawson becomes President of the Quorum.
10 March 1921 Charles W. Penrose set apart as First Counselor in the First Presidency, Anthony W. Ivins as Second Counselor to Heber J. Grant.
17 March 1921 John A. Widtsoe ordained.
15 May 1925 Charles W. Penrose dies.
28 May 1925 Anthony W. Ivins set apart as First Counselor to Heber J. Grant, with
Charles W. Nibley as Second Counselor.
16 May 1931 Orson F. Whitney dies.
8 October 1931 Joseph F. Merrill ordained.
11 December 1931Charles W. Nibley dies.
1932 Reed Smoot loses the election for the U.S. Senate.
6 April 1933 J. Reuben Clark called as Second Counselor in the First Presidency to Heber J. Grant, but is not an apostle.
27 July 1933 James E. Talmage dies.
12 October 1933 Charles A. Callis ordained.
23 September 1934 Anthony W. Ivins dies.
11 October 1934 J. Reuben Clark and
Alonzo A. Hinckley ordained. J. Reuben Clark set apart as First Counselor, with David O. McKay as Second Counselor in the First Presidency to Heber J. Grant.
22 December 1936 Alonzo A. Hinckley dies.
8 April 1937 Albert E. Bowen ordained.
6 April 1938 Sylvester Q. Cannon ordained an apostle, and set apart as an Associate to the Twelve.
30 July 1939 Melvin J. Ballard dies.
6 October 1939 Sylvester Q. Cannon becomes a member of the Quorum.
9 February 1941 Reed Smoot dies.
10 April 1941 Harold B. Lee ordained.
29 May 1943 Sylvester Q. Cannon dies.
21 June 1943 Rudger Clawson dies.
George Albert Smith becomes President of the Quorum.
7 October 1943 Spencer W. Kimball and
Ezra Taft Benson ordained.
12 November 1943 Richard R. Lyman excommunicated.
20 April 1944 Mark E. Petersen ordained.
14 May 1945 Heber J. Grant dies.
21 May 1945 The First Presidency is reorganized, with George Albert Smith as President, J. Reuben Clark as First Counselor, and David O. McKay as Second Counselor. George F. Richards becomes President of the Quorum.
11 October 1945 Matthew Cowley ordained.
21 January 1947 Charles A. Callis dies.
10 April 1947 Henry D. Moyle ordained.
8 August 1950 George F. Richards dies. David O. McKay becomes President of the Quorum.
5 October 1950 Delbert L. Stapley ordained.
4 April 1951 George Albert Smith dies.
9 April 1951 The First Presidency is reorganized, with David O. McKay as President, Stephen L. Richards as First Counselor, and J. Reuben Clark as Second Counselor.
Joseph Fielding Smith becomes President of the Quorum.
11 October 1951 Marion G. Romney ordained.
3 February 1952 Joseph F. Merrill dies.
10 April 1952 LeGrand Richards ordained.
29 November 1952 John A. Widtsoe dies.
9 April 1953 Adam S. Bennion ordained.
15 July 1953 Albert E. Bowen dies.
8 October 1953 Richard L. Evans ordained.
13 December 1953 Matthew Cowley dies.
8 April 1954 George Q. Morris ordained.
11 February 1958 Adam S. Bennion dies.
10 April 1958 Hugh B. Brown ordained.
19 May 1959 Stephen L. Richards dies.
12 June 1959 J. Reuben Clark is called as First Counselor to David O. McKay. Henry D. Moyle is called as Second Counselor.
15 October 1959 Howard W. Hunter ordained.
22 June 1961 Hugh B. Brown set apart as a Third Counselor to David O. McKay.
5 October 1961 Gordon B. Hinckley added to the Quorum.
6 October 1961 J. Reuben Clark dies.
12 October 1961 Henry D. Moyle set apart as First Counselor in the First Presidency, with Hugh B. Brown as Second Counselor to David O. McKay.
23 April 1962 George Q. Morris dies.
11 October 1962 N. Eldon Tanner ordained.
18 September 1963 Henry D. Moyle dies.
4 October 1963 Hugh B. Brown sustained as First Counselor in the First Presidency, with N. Eldon Tanner as Second Counselor to David O. McKay.
4 October 1963 Thomas S. Monson added to the Quorum.
28 October 1965 Thorpe B. Isaacson called as an additional counselor in the First Presidency to David O. McKay.
29 October 1965 Joseph Fielding Smith called as an additional counselor in the First Presidency to David O. McKay.
5 October 1967 Alvin R. Dyer ordained but not added to Quorum.
6 April 1968 Alvin R. Dyer called as an additional counselor in the First Presidency to David O. McKay.
18 January 1970 David O. McKay dies.
23 January 1970 The First Presidency is reorganized, with Joseph Fielding Smith as President, Harold B. Lee as First Counselor, and N. Eldon Tanner as Second Counselor. Harold B. Lee becomes President of the Quorum, with Spencer W. Kimball as Acting President.
6 April 1970 Boyd K. Packer added to the Quorum.
1 November 1971 Richard L. Evans dies.
2 December 1971 Marvin J. Ashton ordained and added to the Quorum.
2 July 1972 Joseph Fielding Smith dies.
7 July 1972 The First Presidency is reorganized, with Harold B. Lee as President, N. Eldon Tanner as First Counselor, and Marion G. Romney as Second Counselor. Spencer W. Kimball becomes President of the Quorum.
12 October 1972 Bruce R. McConkie added to the Quorum.
26 December 1973 Harold B. Lee dies.
30 December 1973The First Presidency is reorganized, with Spencer W. Kimball as President, N. Eldon Tanner as First Counselor, and Marion G. Romney as Second Counselor.
Ezra Taft Benson becomes President of the Quorum.
6 April 1974 L. Tom Perry added to the Quorum.
2 December 1975Hugh B. Brown dies.
8 January 1976 David B. Haight ordained.
5 March 1977 Alvin R. Dyer dies. Although Dyer was an ordained Apostle, he was never a member of the Quorum.
19 August 1978 Delbert L. Stapley dies.
30 September 1978 James E. Faust added to the Quorum.
23 July 1981 Gordon B. Hinckley called as a Counselor in the First Presidency.
Neal A. Maxwell ordained.
27 November 1982 N. Eldon Tanner dies.
2 December 1982 Marion G. Romney set apart as First Counselor in the First Presidency. Gordon B. Hinckley set apart as Second Counselor.
11 January 1983 LeGrand Richards dies.
11 January 1984 Mark E. Petersen dies.
12 April 1984 Russell M. Nelson ordained.
3 May 1984 Dallin H. Oaks ordained.
19 April 1985 Bruce R. McConkie dies.
10 October 1985 M. Russell Ballard ordained.
5 November 1985 Spencer W. Kimball dies.
10 November 1985 The First Presidency is reorganized, with Ezra Taft Benson as President, Gordon B. Hinckley as First Counselor, and Thomas S. Monson as Second Counselor. Marion G. Romney becomes President of the Quorum, but due to suffering from health and age difficulties, Howard W. Hunter was set apart as Acting President of the Quorum.
9 October 1986 Joseph B. Wirthlin ordained.
20 May 1988 Marion G. Romney dies. Howard W. Hunter becomes President of the Quorum.
6 October 1988 Richard G. Scott ordained.
25 February 1994 Marvin J. Ashton dies.
2 April 1994 Robert D. Hales added to the Quorum.
30 May 1994 Ezra Taft Benson dies.
5 June 1994 The First Presidency is reorganized, with Howard W. Hunter as President, Gordon B. Hinckley as First Counselor, and Thomas S. Monson as Second Counselor. Hinckley becomes President of the Quorum, with Boyd K. Packer as Acting President.
23 June 1994 Jeffrey R. Holland added to the Quorum and ordained.
3 March 1995 Howard W. Hunter dies.
12 March 1995 The First Presidency is reorganized, with Gordon B. Hinckley as President, Thomas S. Monson as First Counselor, and James E. Faust as Second Counselor. Monson becomes President of the Quorum, with Boyd K. Packer as Acting President.
1 April 1995 Henry B. Eyring added to the Quorum.
21 July 2004 Neal A. Maxwell dies.
31 July 2004 David B. Haight dies.
2 October 2004 Dieter F. Uchtdorf and
David A. Bednar added to Quorum.
10 August 2007 James E. Faust dies.
6 October 2007 Henry B. Eyring sustained as Second Counselor in the First Presidency;
Quentin L. Cook added to Quorum
27 January 2008 Gordon B. Hinckley dies.
3 February 2008 First Presidency reorganized with Thomas S. Monson as President, Henry B. Eyring as First Counselor, and Dieter F. Uchtdorf as Second Counselor. Boyd K. Packer becomes President of the Quorum.
5 April 2008 D. Todd Christofferson added to Quorum.
1 December 2008 Joseph B. Wirthlin dies.
4 April 2009 Neil L. Andersen added to Quorum.
30 May 2015 L. Tom Perry dies.
3 July 2015 Boyd K. Packer dies. Russell M. Nelson becomes President of the Quorum (set apart on July 15).
22 September 2015 Richard G. Scott dies.
3 October 2015 Ronald A. Rasband,
Gary E. Stevenson, and
Dale G. Renlund added to Quorum.
