Jesse Gause (1785 – c. 1836) was an early leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in the First Presidency as a counselor to church president Joseph Smith. For decades Gause was generally unknown to LDS historians, and so could be considered the Church’s lost counselor of the First Presidency. It was only in the 1980s that research identified his rightful place among early Church leaders.