by Michael Taylor

Michael contributes a weekly column to LDSWorld-Gems with interesting information about the General Authorities.

At one point in Church history, the four least-senior members of the Quorum of the Twelve were all serving as counselors to the First Presidency. Can you identify this unusual occurence?

Answer to the quiz:

Joseph F. Smith was called as an apostle and as a counselor to the First Presidency on July 1, 1866 (age 27). He served in this position until April 8, 1873 when President Young called several other brethren as counselors to the First Presidency, including Elders George Q. Cannon, Brigham Young Jr., and Albert Carrington. These four apostles (Cannon, Young, Smith, and Carrington) were the four least-senior members of the Quorum of the Twelve. The work of these counselors was in addition to their duties in the Quorum of the Twelve.