Robert C. Crossfield

Mormon fundamentalist leaders are those who lead (or have led) a Mormon fundamentalist group.

These leaders were presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which authorized plural marriage for many years. Mormon fundamentalists generally accept the first three LDS Church presidents as prophets of God:

Some Mormon fundamentalists also regard the next three LDS Church presidents as leaders, because of their support for plural marriage after 1890. However, some reject LDS Church presidents beginning with Wilford Woodruff, due to Woodruff's decision to issue the 1890 Manifesto. Many others reject Joseph F. Smith, due to his issuance of the Second Manifesto in 1904:

When The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began excommunicating members who practiced polygamy after the Second Manifesto, Mormon fundamentalists began breaking away from the LDS Church. At first, there was one main Mormon fundamentalist group, the Council of Friends, also known as the "Woolley group" and the "Priesthood Council". The Council of Friends was centered in Salt Lake City and the Short Creek Community, later called Colorado City, Arizona and Hildale, Utah. The Council of Friends would ultimately split into four Mormon fundamentalist sects, the Latter Day Church of Christ (1935) located in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Apostolic United Brethren (1954), located in Bluffdale, Utah, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (1954), located in Colorado City, Arizona and Hildale, Utah, and Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times, located in Chihuahua, Mexico.

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