Joseph F. Smith

Joseph F. Smith
Joseph F. Smith
6th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
	October 17, 1901 – November 19, 1918
Predecessor	Lorenzo Snow
Successor	Heber J. Grant
President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
	October 10, 1901 – October 17, 1901
Predecessor	Brigham Young Jr.
Successor	Brigham Young Jr.
End reason	Became President of the Church
First Counselor in the First Presidency
	October 6, 1901 – October 10, 1901
Called by	Lorenzo Snow
End reason	Dissolution of First Presidency upon death of Lorenzo Snow
Second Counselor in the First Presidency
	April 7, 1889 – October 6, 1901
Called by	Wilford Woodruff
End reason	Called as First Counselor in the First Presidency
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
	July 25, 1887 – April 7, 1889
End reason	Called as Second Counselor in the First Presidency
Second Counselor in the First Presidency
	October 10, 1880 – July 25, 1887
Called by	John Taylor
End reason	Dissolution of First Presidency upon death of John Taylor
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
	August 29, 1877 – October 10, 1880
End reason	Called as Second Counselor in the First Presidency
Counselor in the First Presidency
	July 1, 1866 – August 29, 1877
Called by	Brigham Young
End reason	Dissolution of First Presidency upon death of Brigham Young
LDS Church Apostle
	July 1, 1866 – November 19, 1918
Called by	Brigham Young
Reason	Brigham Young's discretion
Reorganization; at end of term	Melvin J. Ballard ordained
Personal details
Born	Joseph Fielding Smith; November 13, 1838; Far West, Missouri, U.S.
Died	November 19, 1918 (aged 80); Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Resting place	Salt Lake City Cemetery; 40°46′37.92″N 111°51′28.8″W / 40.7772000°N 111.858000°W
Spouse(s)	; Levira Annette Clark Smith (m. 1859; div. 1867) ; Julina Lambson (m. 1866) ; Sarah Ellen Richards (m. 1868; died 1915) ; Edna Lambson (m. 1871) ; Alice Ann Kimball (m. 1883) ; Mary Taylor Schwartz (m. 1884)
Children	48
Parents	Hyrum Smith; Mary Fielding
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Joseph Fielding Smith Sr. (November 13, 1838 – November 19, 1918) was an American religious leader who served as the sixth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was a nephew of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and the last LDS Church president who had personally known him.

^ Smith was ordained an apostle and added to the First Presidency as a counselor. At the time of his call, there was not a vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles or the First Presidency.

[1] Smith was ordained an apostle and added to the First Presidency as a counselor. At the time of his call, there was not a vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles or the First Presidency.

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