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
D. F. Worrell1901?
Alfred Benedict King19011903
J. C. Johnson19031905
T. I. Tate19051907
R. H. Jackson??
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[7]
Isaac A. David19671971
Frank E. Tolbert, Sr. 19721980[8]
No Senate19801986
John G. Rancy1986 1989
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. https://books.google.com/books?id=LKAoAAAAYAAJ . African Repository and Colonial Journal. 1849.
  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: 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.
  8. Web site: Shaw . Elma . 2005-04-22 . 8 . 2022-10-07 . Liberia Stories.
  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.