Joseph Fielding Smith
Information regarding President Joseph Fielding Smith
- Apostle number: 56
- Quorum of the Twelve number: 49
- Date of birth: July 19,1876
- Place of birth: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
- Date of apostolic ordination: April 7, 1910
- Age when ordained apostle: 33 years 8 months
- End of apostolic service: July 2, 1972
- Total apostolic years: 62 years 2 months
- Date called into the Quorum of the Twelve: April 7, 1910
- Tenure in the Quorum of the Twelve: 59 years 10 months
- Date called as President of the Church: January 23, 1970
- Age when called as President: 93 years 6 months
- Tenure as President of the Church: 2 years 5 months
- Date of death: July 2, 1972
- Age at death: 95 years 11 months
- Place of death: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
- Remarks: President Smith was the brother of Apostle Hyrum Mack Smith, son of President Joseph F. Smith, grandson of Hyrum Smith, and he remained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve while he was serving as a counselor to President David O. McKay. He was one of the greatest gospel scholars of this dispensation.
- Inspirational quote: “There is no cure for the ills of the world except the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.”
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