| No. | Portrait | President of the Church | Birth | Ordination | Death | Length |
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| 1 | | Joseph Smith | December 23, | April 6, (de facto)[1] January 25, (de jure)[2] | June 27, () (aged38) | 14 years, 2 months (de facto) 12 years, 5 months (de jure) |
| Church led by Brigham Young as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. | 3 years, 6 months |
| 2 | | Brigham Young | June 1, | December 27, | August 29, () (aged76) | 29 years, 8 months |
| Church led by John Taylor as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. | 3 years, 1 month |
| 3 | | John Taylor | November 1, | October 10, | July 25, () (aged78) | 6 years, 9 months |
| Church led by Wilford Woodruff as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. | 1 year, 8 months |
| 4 | | Wilford Woodruff | March 1, | April 7, | September 2, () (aged91) | 9 years, 4 months |
| 5 | | Lorenzo Snow | April 3, |