Joseph F. Smith

Joseph F. Smith, formally Joseph Fielding Smith (November 13, 1838-November 19, 1918), was the sixth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Smith was the nephew of the founder of the Mormon faith, Joseph Smith and son of Hyrum Smith. After his uncle and father were martyred in Carthage, Illinois, Smith fled from the American Midwest and settled in Utah.

Smith is most remembered for the construction and dedication of the Seagull Monument at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 1, 1913. Smith spent most of his presidential tenure overseeing the planning and construction of the Laie Hawaii Temple in Laie, Hawaii, one of his part-time residences. The fifth oldest Mormon temple in the world, Smith died a year before his beloved Laie Hawaii Temple was to be dedicated.

Preceded by: Lorenzo Snow

Presidents of the LDS Church 1901-1918

Succeeded by: Heber J. Grant