President
Pres: Quorum of the 12 Apostles
Pres: Brigham Young sustained officially
Membership: 34,694
Temples: 1
Other
- Brigham Young presents pattern for emigrating and Section 130 known as "The Will of the Lord"
- Mormon Battalion completes march - arriving near Pacific in San Diego
- 12 companies of pioneers totaling 2095 enter Salt Lake Valley
- Salt Lake Temple site and city grid selected
- First Presidency reorganized in Kanesville, IA
- Dolley Madison attends charity dinner for beleaguered Latter-day Saints held by Sarah Polk
- Saints meet with Secretary Buchanan who gives ten dollars to the saints
- LDS Pioneers leave Winter Quarters, arrive in Utah
- Mormon pioneers meet native people
- Odometer invented
- Brigham Young returns to Winter Quarters in fall - First Presidency organized