Presidents of Liberia

Presidents of Liberia
# President Took office Left office Party Vice President(s)
1 Joseph Jenkins Roberts January 3, 1848 January 7, 1856 none
(Republican policies) Stephen Allen Benson
2 Stephen Allen Benson January 7, 1856 January 4, 1864 none
(Republican policies) Beverley Yates
3 Daniel Bashiel Warner January 4, 1864 January 6, 1868 Republican Party James M. Priest
4 James Spriggs-Payne January 6, 1868 January 3, 1870 Republican Party Vacant
5 Edward James Roye January 3, 1870 October 26, 1871[A] True Whig Party James Skivring Smith
6 James Skivring Smith[1] November 4, 1871 January 1, 1872 True Whig Party Anthony W. Gardiner
7 Joseph Jenkins Roberts(2nd time) March 1, 1872 January 3, 1876 Republican Party Anthony W. Gardiner
8 James Spriggs-Payne(2nd time) January 3, 1876 January 7, 1878 Republican Party Vacant
9 Anthony W. Gardiner January 7, 1878 January 20, 1883[R] True Whig Party Alfred Francis Russell
10 Alfred F. Russell January 20, 1883 January 7, 1884 True Whig Party John Tyler
11 Hilary R. W. Johnson January 7, 1884 January 4, 1892 True Whig Party Vacant
12 Joseph James Cheeseman January 4, 1892 November 12, 1896[D] True Whig Party William D. Coleman
13 William D. Coleman November 12, 1896 December 11, 1900[R] True Whig Party J. J. Ross
14 Garretson W. Gibson December 11, 1900 January 4, 1904 True Whig Party Vacant
15 Arthur Barclay January 4, 1904 January 1, 1912 True Whig Party J. J. Dossen
16 Daniel E. Howard January 1, 1912 January 5, 1920 True Whig Party Samuel George Harmon
17 Charles D.B. King January 5, 1920 December 3, 1930[R] True Whig Party Henry Too Wesley
18 Edwin Barclay December 3, 1930 January 3, 1944 True Whig Party Vacant
19 William V.S. Tubman January 3, 1944 July 23, 1971[D] True Whig Party Clarence Simpson
William Richard Tolbert, Jr.
20 William R. Tolbert, Jr. July 23, 1971 April 12, 1980[A] True Whig Party James Edward Greene
Bennie Dee Warner
21 Samuel K. Doe[2] January 6, 1986 September 9, 1990[A] National Democratic Party of Liberia Henry Fumba Moniba
22 Charles G. Taylor August 2, 1997 August 11, 2003[R] National Patriotic Party Enoch Dogolea
Moses Blah
23 Moses Blah August 11, 2003 October 14, 2003[R] National Patriotic Party Vacant
24 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf January 16, 2006 present Unity Party Joseph Nyumah Boakai


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