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John Byington
John Byington was a Seventh-Day Adventist Minister and the first president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. He worked closely with James White and J. N. Andrews in helping to plan for the growing Sabbatarian Adventist movement. In 1863 he became the denomination's first president - an office he held for two one-year terms. James White (who was actually elected first), declined the position -
James Springer White
James White served on several occasions as president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (1865–67; 1869–71; 1874–80). He is also known as Elder White, and was a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and husband of Ellen G. White. In 1849, he started "The Present Truth", the first Sabbatarian Adventist periodical (which is now known as the "Adventist Review"). -
John Nevins Andrews
John Nevins Andrews was the third president of the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists. Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, was named after him in 1960, as well as John Nevins Andrews School in 1907, which is located in Takoma Park, Maryland. He was the first official Seventh-day Adventist missionary, writer, editor, and scholar. -
James Springer White
James White was born on August 4, 1821, in Palmyra, Maine, and died on August 6, 1881, in Battle Creek, Michigan. He was the fifth child out of nine children born in his family; he was a sickly child who suffered fits and seizures. Poor eyesight prevented him from obtaining much education and he was required to work on the family farm. At age 19 his eyesight improved and he enrolled at a local academy. -
George Ide Butler
George Ide Butler (who was lived from 1834 – 1918) was a Seventh-day Adventist minister, administrator, and author. He was converted to Adventism at age 22. In 1872, due to his James White's failing health, Butler was elected president of the General Conference. In August 1874 Butler resigned as president and James White, now sufficiently recovered, took back the reins of leadership. -
James Springer White
The paper which James White initially started, "The Present Truth", was combined with another periodical called the "Advent Review" in 1850 to become the "Second Advent Review and Sabbath Herald". James White served as editor of the periodical until 1851 when he invited Uriah Smith to become editor. White died on August 6, 1881. -
George Ide Butler
Butler became one of the foremost apologists to defend Ellen G. White during the 1860s and 1870s. Butler returned to Iowa where at the next session of the Iowa-Nebraska Conference he was elected president (1876-1877). He started a vigorous evangelistic program, but when James White's health began to falter a second time, Butler was once again elected General Conference president. By October 1880 he had returned as General Conference president frequently counseling with Ellen White.
