Joseph Smith
birth/death: 1805-1844
First Elder: 6 April 1830
1st church president: 25 January 1832
Person who ordained him: Sidney Rigdon (High Priest)

Brigham Young
birth/death: 1801-1877
Apostle: 14 February 1835
2nd church president in connection with the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (sustained): 7 October 1844
First Presidency organized: 5 December 1847
No ordination ceremony

John Taylor
birth/death: 1808-1887
Apostle: 19 December 1838
3rd church president (sustained): 10 October 1880
No ordination ceremony

Wilford Woodruff
birth/death: 1807-1898
Apostle: 26 April 1839
4th church president (sustained): 7 April 1889
No ordination ceremony

Lorenzo Snow
birth/death: 1814-1901
Apostle: 12 February 1849
5th church president: 13 September 1898
Apostle who ordained him: George Q. Cannon

Joseph F. Smith
birth/death: 1838-1918
Apostle: 1 July 1866
6th church president: 17 October 1901
Person who ordained him: John Smith (Patriarch)

Heber J. Grant
birth/death: 1856-1945
Apostle: 16 October 1882
7th church president: 23 November 1918
Apostle who ordained him: Anthon H. Lund

George Albert Smith
birth/death:1870-1951
Apostle: 8 October 1903
8th church president: 21 May 1945
Apostle who ordained him: George F. Richards

David O. McKay
birth/death: 1873-1970
Apostle: 9 April 1906
9th church president (sustained): 9 April 1951
Date of ordination: 12 April 1951
Apostle who ordained him: Joseph Fielding Smith

Joseph Fielding Smith
birth/death: 1876-1972
Apostle: 7 April 1910
10th church president: 23 January 1970
Apostle who ordained him: Harold B. Lee

Harold B. Lee
birth/death: 1899-1973
Apostle: 10 April 1941
11th church president: 7 July 1972
Apostle who ordained him: Spencer W. Kimball

Spencer W. Kimball
birth/death: 1895-1985
Apostle: 7 October 1943
12th church president: 30 December 1973
Apostle who ordained him: Ezra Taft Benson

Ezra Taft Benson
birth/death: 1899-1994
Apostle: 7 October 1943
13th church president: 10 November 1985
Apostle who ordained him: Howard W. Hunter

Howard W. Hunter
birth/death: 1907-1995
Apostle: 15 October 1959
14th church president: 5 June 1994
Apostle who ordained him: Gordon B. Hinckley

Gordon B. Hinckley
birth/death: 1910-2008
Apostle: 5 October 1961
15th church president: 12 March 1995
Apostle who ordained him: Thomas S. Monson

Thomas S. Monson
birth/death: 1927-2018
Apostle: 10 October 1963
16th church president: 3 February 2008
Apostle who ordained him: Boyd K. Packer

Russell M. Nelson
birth: 1924
Apostle: 12 April 1984
17th church president: 14 January 2018
Apostle who ordained him: Dallin H. Oaks