List of presidents pro tempore of the Senate of Liberia explained

This is an incomplete list of presidents pro tempore of the Senate of Liberia. The Senate elects a president pro tempore to preside for a term of six years.[1]

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Elijah Johnson18481849[2]
John Day1849[3] ?
Alfred Francis Russell18561857 - ?[4]
John Marshall18711872 – ?[5]
J. J. Ross? – 18961896 – ?[6]
Alfred Benedict King18971899
R. H. Jackson1899[7] ?
D. F. Worrell19011901
Alfred Benedict King19011903
J. C. Johnson19031905
T. I. Tate19051907
Charles B. Dunbar19191923
John Gottlieb A. Richards19231927
W. J. Clark??
William V. S. Tubman? – 19301931
James Agea Himie Jones19441956
Edwin A. Morgan19561958
J. Lemuel Gibson19581964
James Norman Anderson19641967[8]
Isaac A. David19671971
Frank E. Tolbert, Sr. 19721980
No Senate19801986
John G. Rancy19861989
Keikura Bayoh KpotoFebruary 1989September 1990
No Senate19901997
July 1997August 1999[9]
199920 August 2002
September 20022003[10]
John Gray (acting) 200311 August 2003
Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu (acting) 11 August 200314 October 2003
?20032006
13 January 200617 March 2009[11] [12]
Lahai G. Lansanah (acting)20 August 20082009[13]
Cletus S. Wotorson (acting) 26 March 2009January 2012[14]
Gbehzohngar Milton FindleyJanuary 2012January 2015[15] [16]
Armah Jallah12 February 201515 January 2018
Albert Tugbe Chie15 January 201815 January 2024[17]
Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence15 February 2024Incumbent[18]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Captan, Monie R. . Introduction to Liberian Government and Political System . 2016 . Lulu . 978-1-4834-4878-7 . Google Books.
  2. 1849 . The African Repository and Colonial Journal, Volume 25 . African Repository and Colonial Journal.
  3. Book: The Annual Messages of the Presidents of Liberia 1848–2010: State of the Nation Addresses to the National Legislature . 2011 . De Gruyter . 978-3-598-44169-1 . Dunn . D. Elwood . 1 . Berlin . Google Books.
  4. 1857 . The African Repository . The African Repository . 33.
  5. 1872 . Letters from Henry W. Dennis, Esq. . The African Repository . 48 . 1 . 94 . HathiTrust.
  6. Book: Heard, William H. . The Bright Side of African Life: Illustrated . 1898 . A. M. E. Publishing House . Philadelphia . Internet Archive.
  7. Book: Liberia . American Colonization Society . en . 1897.
  8. Book: Dunn . Elwood D. . Historical Dictionary of Liberia . Beyan . Amos J. . Burrowes . Carl Patrick . 2001 . The Scarecrow Press . 978-0-8108-3876-5 . 2nd . Lanham . Google Books.
  9. Web site: The Africa Election 2005 . usurped . 2009-05-22 . 2019-02-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190223080542/http://www.tlcafrica.com/election_2005.htm .
  10. Web site: Parliament of Liberia . guide2womenleaders.com.
  11. Web site: Sonpon . Leroy M. III . 11 September 2018 . Speaker Chambers Survives Ouster Attempts? . dead . liberianobserver.com . 9 April 2019 . 9 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190409213633/https://www.liberianobserver.com/news/speaker-chambers-survives-ouster-attempts/ .
  12. http://www.ipu.org/parline/reports/2184_E.htm
  13. Web site: Cletus Wotorson Becomes New Pro-Temp of The Liberian Senate . dead . theliberianjournal.com . 2019-04-09 . 2013-08-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130828220648/http://www.theliberianjournal.com/index.php?st=news&sbst=details&rid=960 .
  14. News: Kpayili . Michael . Mar 26, 2009 . Liberia: Senator Cletus Wotorson Elected New President Pro-Tempore of the Liberian Senate . TheLiberianTimes.com . dead . 2009-04-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101201004352/http://theliberiantimes.com/article_2009_03_26_3400.shtml . 2010-12-01.
  15. Web site: IPU PARLINE database: LIBERIA (House of Representatives), ELECTIONS IN 2011. archive.ipu.org.
  16. Web site: 15 January 2018 . Senator Albert Chie to Run For Senate Pro-Temp Position . 2022-10-07 . FrontPageAfrica.
  17. Web site: IPU PARLINE database: LIBERIA (The Liberian Senate), General information. archive.ipu.org.
  18. Web site: J. Burgess. Carter. Liberia: Nyonblee Elected Liberia First Female Pro-Tempore. https://web.archive.org/web/20240116083721/https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-nyonblee-elected-liberia-first-female-pro-tempore/. Liberian Observer. January 16, 2024. January 16, 2024. May 30, 2024.

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