Secretaries of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Name Term of Service 1. Uriah Smith May 20, 1863 to November 14, 1873 2. S. Brownsberger November 14, 1873 to August 10, 1874 3. Uriah Smith August 10, 1874 to September 19, 1876 4. C. W. Stone September 19, 1876 to September 20, 1877 5. Uriah Smith September 20, 1877 to December 1, 1881 6. A. B. Oyen December 1, 1881 to November 8, 1883 7. Uriah Smith November 8, 1883 to October 17, 1888 8. Dan T. Jones October 17, 1888 to March 5, 1891 9. W. A. Colcord March 5, 1891 to March 6, 1893 10. L. T. Nicola March 7, 1893 to February 19, 1897 11. L. A. Hoopes February 19, 1897 to April 2, 1901 12. H. E. Osborne April 2, 1901to April 11, 1903 13. W. A. Spicer April 11, 1903 to May 11, 1922 14. A. G. Daniells May 11, 1922 to May 27, 1926 15. C. K. Meyers May 27, 1926 to October 17, 1933 16. M. E. Kern October 22, 1933 to May 26, 1936 17. E. D. Dick May 26, 1936 to September 19, 1952 18. D. F. Rebok September 19, 1952 to May 24, 1954 19. W. R. Beach May 24, 1954 to June 12, 1970 20. Clyde O. Franz June 12, 1970 to June 30, 1980 21. C. Ralph Thompson June 30. 1980 to----