Joseph William McMurrin (September 5, 1858 – October 24, 1932) was a general authority and a member of the First Council of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as president of the California Mission of the LDS Church from 1919 until 1932. Joseph W. McMurrin was married to Mary Ellen Hunter on April 1, 1880 and had seven children. McMurrin was born in Tooele, Utah Territory. He was sustained one of the First Council of the Seventy on October 5, 1897. McMurrin was ordained a member of the Council of the 70 in 1898 in England.