The Seventy were restored to the Church on February 14, 1835. Originally called as a traveling council to work in the mission fields, they seem not (with the exception of their Presidents) to have functioned as General Authorities though the Lord specifically granted them  authority (when they spoke with a unanimous voice) equal to that of the First Presidency or the Twelve. Functionally, they existed as a quorum only in the earliest days of the Church. Then, as Brigham Young explained, the members of the First Quorum became the Presidents of other quorums of Seventy. Had they been needed to function as a fully functioning Quorum in governing the Church, these other presidents would have been recalled to the First Quorum until that governing function had been completed.

    It should be noted that little is known of most of these men. Some apostatized in the great apostasy of 1837-1838 or later. Others fell to the persecutions of Missouri while others made the trek west and became patriarchs of large pioneer families. But for the most part they did not become renowned Church leaders.

    Their Presidency, herein called The First Council of Seventy, who always functioned as General Authorities is listed on a separate page. This page lists only those who served in the First Quorum of the Seventy during the Kirtland, Independence, and Nauvoo eras. The First Quorum of the Seventy were reconstituted in 1976 and these later Seventy are listed on a separate page.

    These Seventy were not sustained as Prophets, Seers. and Revelators.