Over the years, the First Presidency and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have met with presidents belonging to both political parties. Members of the First Presidency typically attend or send representatives to the inaugurations of U.S. presidents.
Here is a list of known dates and names of Latter-day Saint leaders who have attended inaugurations of U.S. presidents:
1873—Inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant
Church representative: George Q. Cannon (Apostle)
1877—Inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes
Church representative: George Q. Cannon (Counselor, First Presidency)
1905—Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Church representative: Reed Smoot (Apostle and U.S. Senator from Utah)
1909—Inauguration of William Howard Taft
Church representative: Reed Smoot (Apostle and U.S. Senator from Utah)
1913—Inauguration of Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Church representative: Reed Smoot (Apostle and U.S. Senator from Utah)
1917—Inauguration of Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Church representative: Reed Smoot (Apostle and U.S. Senator from Utah)
1921—Inauguration of Warren G. Harding
Church representative: Reed Smoot (Apostle and U.S. Senator from Utah)
1925—Inauguration of John Calvin Coolidge Jr.
Church representative: Reed Smoot (Apostle and U.S. Senator from Utah)
1929—Inauguration of Herbert C. Hoover
Church representative: Reed Smoot (Apostle and U.S. Senator from Utah)
1953—Inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Church representatives: David O. McKay (Church President) and Ezra Taft Benson (Apostle)
1957—Inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Church representatives: Ezra Taft Benson (Apostle and Secretary of Agriculture)
1961—Inauguration of John F. Kennedy
Church representatives: Ezra Taft Benson (Apostle and Secretary of Agriculture)
1965—Inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson
Church representatives: Hugh B. Brown* (Counselor, First Presidency)
1969—Inauguration of Richard M. Nixon
Church representatives: Ezra Taft Benson (Apostle) and Richard L. Evans (Apostle)
1973—Inauguration of Richard M. Nixon
Church representative: Boyd K. Packer** (Apostle)
1977—Inauguration of James E. "Jimmy" Carter
Church representative: N. Eldon Tanner (Counselor, First Presidency)
1981—Inauguration of Ronald W. Reagan
Church representatives: Ezra Taft Benson (Apostle) and Joseph B. Wirthlin (General Authority Seventy)
1989—Inauguration of George H. W. Bush
Church representatives: Ezra Taft Benson (Church President) and Thomas S. Monson (Counselor, First Presidency)
1993—Inauguration of William J. "Bill" Clinton Jr.
Church representative: James E. Faust (Apostle)
1997—Inauguration of William J. "Bill" Clinton Jr.
Church representative: Henry B. Eyring (Apostle)
2001—Inauguration of George W. Bush
Church representative: J. Willard Marriott (Area Seventy)
2009—Inauguration of Barack H. Obama
Church representatives: Dieter F. Uchtdorf (Counselor, First Presidency) and M. Russell Ballard (Apostle)
2013—Inauguration of Barack H. Obama
Church representatives: L. Tom Perry (Apostle) and Quentin L. Cook (Apostle)
2017—Inauguration of Donald J. Trump
Church representatives: D. Todd Christofferson (Apostle) and Gary E. Stevenson (Apostle)
2021—Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden
No Church representatives due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
*Church President David O. McKay was to attend but didn't because of his wife's poor health.
** Church President Harold B. Lee was to attend, but didn't because of illness.