What follows is a chronological table that sets out the changes in the composition of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through time.
Joseph Smith
Oliver Cowdery
John C. Bennett
Dallin H. Oaks
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Dallin Harris Oaks is an American religious leader and former jurist who is the eighteenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as the first counselor in the church'
Chronology of the First Presidency (LDS Church)
…2018 No organized First Presidency; Death of Thomas S. Monson; dissolution of First Presidency 14 January 2018 – 27 September 2025 Russell M. Nelson Dallin H. Oaks Henry B. Eyring Reorganization of First Presidency after death of Thomas S. Monson 27 September 2025 – 14 October 2025 No organized First Presidency…
Oaks in 2023
Photo of Oaks and family for his inauguration as BYU president (1971)
Oaks while president of BYU (1977)
Dallin H. Oaks (right) with LDS Church president Thomas S. Monson (left) and U.S. President Barack Obama (center) in the Oval Office on July 20, 2009, presenting a personal volume of President Obama's genealogy as a gift from the LDS Church