List of Presidents of Liberia
- Parties
Independent Republican Party True Whig Party National Democratic Party National Patriotic Party Unity Party
No. | President |
Took office | Left office | Party | Term | Vice President | ||
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1 | Joseph Jenkins Roberts |
01848-01-03January 3, 1848 | 01856-01-07January 7, 1856 | Independent | 1. |
Nathaniel Brander | ||
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Anthony D. Williams | |||||||
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Stephen Allen Benson | |||||||
2 | Stephen Allen Benson |
01856-01-07January 7, 1856 | 01864-01-04January 4, 1864 | Independent | 5. |
Beverly Page Yates | ||
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Daniel Bashiel Warner | |||||||
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3 | Daniel Bashiel Warner |
01864-01-04January 4, 1864 | 01868-01-06January 6, 1868 | Republican Party | 9. |
James M. Priest | ||
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4 | James Spriggs Payne |
01868-01-06January 6, 1868 | 01870-01-03January 3, 1870 | Republican Party | 11. |
Joseph Gibson | ||
5 | Edward James Roye |
01870-01-03January 3, 1870 | 01871-10-26October 26, 1871 | True Whig Party | 12. |
James Skivring Smith | ||
6 | James Skivring Smith |
01871-10-26October 26, 1871 | 01872-01-01January 1, 1872 | True Whig Party | Vacant |
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7 | Joseph Jenkins Roberts |
01872-01-01January 1, 1872 | 01876-01-03January 3, 1876 | Republican Party | 13. |
Anthony W. Gardiner | ||
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8 | James Spriggs Payne |
01876-01-03January 3, 1876 | 01878-01-07January 7, 1878 | Republican Party | 15. |
Charles Harmon | ||
9 | Anthony W. Gardiner |
01878-01-07January 7, 1878 | 01883-01-20January 20, 1883 | True Whig Party | 16. |
Alfred Francis Russell | ||
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10 | Alfred Francis Russell |
01883-01-20January 20, 1883 | 01884-01-07January 7, 1884 | True Whig Party | Vacant |
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11 | Hilary R. W. Johnson |
01884-01-07January 7, 1884 | 01892-01-04January 4, 1892 | True Whig Party | 19. |
James Thompson | ||
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12 | Joseph James Cheeseman |
01892-01-04January 4, 1892 | 01896-11-12November 12, 1896 | True Whig Party | 23. |
[William D. Coleman | ||
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13 | William D. Coleman |
01896-11-12November 12, 1896 | 01900-12-11December 11, 1900 | True Whig Party | Vacant |
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Joseph J. Ross | |||||||
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Vacant |
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14 | Garretson W. Gibson |
01900-12-11December 11, 1900 | 01904-01-04January 4, 1904 | True Whig Party | ||||
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Joseph D. Summerville | |||||||
15 | Arthur Barclay |
01904-01-04January 4, 1904 | 01912-01-01January 1, 1912 | True Whig Party | 29. |
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Vacant |
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J. J. Dossen | |||||||
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16 | Daniel Edward Howard |
01912-01-01January 1, 1912 | 01920-01-05January 5, 1920 | True Whig Party | 32. |
Samuel George Harmon | ||
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17 | Charles D. B. King |
01920-01-05January 5, 1920 | 01930-12-03December 3, 1930 | True Whig Party | 34. |
Samuel Alfred Ross | ||
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Henry Too Wesley | |||||||
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Allen Yancy | |||||||
18 | Edwin Barclay |
01930-12-03December 3, 1930 | 01944-01-03January 3, 1944 | True Whig Party | James Skivring Smith, Jr. | |||
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19 | William Tubman |
01944-01-03January 3, 1944 | 01971-07-23July 23, 1971 | True Whig Party | 39. |
Clarence Lorenzo Simpson | ||
40. |
William R. Tolbert, Jr. | |||||||
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20 | William R. Tolbert, Jr. |
01971-07-23July 23, 1971 | 01980-04-12April 12, 1980 | True Whig Party | Vacant |
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James Edward Greene | ||||||||
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Vacant |
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Bennie Dee Warner | ||||||||
Vacant | 01980-04-12April 12, 1980 | 01986-01-06January 6, 1986 | ||||||
21 | Samuel Doe |
01986-01-06January 6, 1986 | 01990-09-09September 9, 1990 | National Democratic Party | 47. |
Harry Moniba | ||
Vacant | 01990-09-09September 9, 1990 | 01997-08-02August 2, 1997 | ||||||
22 | Charles Taylor |
01997-08-02August 2, 1997 | 02003-08-11August 11, 2003 | National Patriotic Party | 48. |
Enoch Dogolea | ||
Vacant |
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Moses Blah | ||||||||
23 | Moses Blah |
02003-08-11August 11, 2003 | 02003-10-24October 24, 2003 | National Patriotic Party | Vacant |
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Vacant | 02003-10-24October 24, 2003 | 02006-01-16January 16, 2006 | ||||||
24 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |
02006-01-16January 16, 2006 | Incumbent | Unity Party | 49. |
Joseph Boakai | ||
50. |
- Left office early:
- Assassinated in a coup d'etat.
- Died in office of natural causes.
- Resigned.
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