President of Liberia

president of Liberia

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Party	Term (Election)	Vice President
1		Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809–1876)	01848-01-03January 3, 1848	01856-01-07January 7, 1856	Nonpartisan	1. (1847)		Nathaniel Brander
						2. (1849)		Anthony D. Williams
						3. (1851)
						4. (1853)		Stephen Allen Benson
2		Stephen Allen Benson (1816-1865)	01856-01-07January 7, 1856	01864-01-04January 4, 1864	Nonpartisan	5. (1855)		Beverly Page Yates
						6. (1857)
						7. (1859)		Daniel Bashiel Warner
						8. (1861)
3		Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815-1880)	01864-01-04January 4, 1864	01868-01-06January 6, 1868	Republican	9. (1863)		James M. Priest
						10. (1865)
4		James Spriggs Payne (1819–1882)	01868-01-06January 6, 1868	01870-01-03January 3, 1870	Republican	11. (1867)		Joseph Gibson
5		Edward James Roye (1815-1872)	01870-01-03January 3, 1870	01871-10-26October 26, 1871	True Whig	12. (1869)		James Skivring Smith
6		James Skivring Smith (1825-1892)	01871-10-26October 26, 1871	01872-01-01January 1, 1872	True Whig		Vacant (October 26, 1871 - January 1, 1872)
7		Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809–1876)	01872-01-01January 1, 1872	01876-01-03January 3, 1876	Republican	13. (1871)		Anthony W. Gardiner
						14. (1873)
8		James Spriggs Payne (1819–1882)	01876-01-03January 3, 1876	01878-01-07January 7, 1878	Republican	15. (1875)		Charles Harmon
9		Anthony W. Gardiner (1820-1885)	01878-01-07January 7, 1878	01883-01-20January 20, 1883	True Whig	16. (1877)		Alfred Francis Russell
						17. (1879)
						18. (1881)
10		Alfred Francis Russell (1817-1884)	01883-01-20January 20, 1883	01884-01-07January 7, 1884	True Whig		Vacant (January 20, 1883 - January 7, 1884)
11		Hilary R. W. Johnson (1837-1901)	01884-01-07January 7, 1884	01892-01-04January 4, 1892	True Whig	19. (1883)		James Thompson
						20. (1885)
						21. (1887)
						22. (1889)
12		Joseph James Cheeseman (1843-1896)	01892-01-04January 4, 1892	01896-11-12November 12, 1896	True Whig	23. (1891)		[William D. Coleman
						24. (1893)
						25. (1895)
13		William D. Coleman (1842-1908)	01896-11-12November 12, 1896	01900-12-11December 11, 1900	True Whig		Vacant (November 12, 1896 - January 3, 1898)
						26. (1897)		Joseph J. Ross
						27. (1899)
							Vacant (1900 - January 3, 1902)
14		Garretson W. Gibson (1832-1910)	01900-12-11December 11, 1900	01904-01-04January 4, 1904	True Whig
						28. (1901)		Joseph D. Summerville
15		Arthur Barclay (1854-1938)	01904-01-04January 4, 1904	01912-01-01January 1, 1912	True Whig	29. (1903)
							Vacant (July 27, 1905 - January 1, 1906)
						30. (1905)		J. J. Dossen
						31. (1907)
16		Daniel Edward Howard (1861-1935)	01912-01-01January 1, 1912	01920-01-05January 5, 1920	True Whig	32. (1911)		Samuel George Harmon
						33. (1915)
17		Charles D. B. King (1875-1961)	01920-01-05January 5, 1920	01930-12-03December 3, 1930	True Whig	34. (1919)		Samuel Alfred Ross
						35. (1923)		Henry Too Wesley
						36. (1927)		Samuel Alfred Ross
18		Edwin Barclay (1882-1955)	01930-12-03December 3, 1930	01944-01-03January 3, 1944	True Whig			James Skivring Smith, Jr.
						37. (1931)
						38. (1939)
19		William Tubman (1895-1971)	01944-01-03January 3, 1944	01971-07-23July 23, 1971	True Whig	39. (1943)		Clarence Lorenzo Simpson
						40. (1951)		William R. Tolbert, Jr.
						41. (1955)
						42. (1959)
						43. (1963)
						44. (1967)
20		William R. Tolbert, Jr. (1913-1980)	01971-07-23July 23, 1971	01980-04-12April 12, 1980	True Whig		Vacant (July 23, 1971 - April 1972)
						45. (1971)
								James Edward Greene
						46. (1975)
							Vacant (July 22, 1977 - October 31, 1977)
								Bennie Dee Warner
Vacant			01980-04-12April 12, 1980	01986-01-06January 6, 1986
21		Samuel Doe (1951–1990)	01986-01-06January 6, 1986	01990-09-09September 9, 1990	National Democratic	47. (1985)		Harry Moniba
Vacant			01990-09-09September 9, 1990	01997-08-02August 2, 1997
22		Charles Taylor (1948-)	01997-08-02August 2, 1997	02003-08-11August 11, 2003	National Patriotic	48. (1997)		Enoch Dogolea
							Vacant (June 24, 2000 - July 24, 2000)
								Moses Blah
23		Moses Blah (1947-)	02003-08-11August 11, 2003	02003-10-24October 24, 2003	National Patriotic		Vacant (August 11, 2003 - October 24, 2003)
Vacant			02003-10-24October 24, 2003	02006-01-16January 16, 2006
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