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]

Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Elijah Johnson	1848	1849	^[2]
John Day	1849	?	^[3]
Alfred Francis Russell	1856	1857 - ?	^[4]
John Marshall	1871	1872 – ?	^[5]
J. J. Ross	? – 1896	1896 – ?	^[6]
Alfred Benedict King	1897	1899
D. F. Worrell	1901	?
Alfred Benedict King	1901	1903
J. C. Johnson	1903	1905
T. I. Tate	1905	1907
R. H. Jackson	?	?
Charles B. Dunbar	1919	1923
John Gottlieb A. Richards	1923	1927
W. J. Clark	?	?
William V. S. Tubman	? – 1930	1931
James Agea Himie Jones	1944	1956
Edwin A. Morgan	1956	1958
J. Lemuel Gibson	1958	1964
James Norman Anderson	1964	1967	^[7]
Isaac A. David	1967	1971
Frank E. Tolbert, Sr.	1972	1980	^[8]
No Senate	1980	1986
John G. Rancy	1986	1989
Keikura Bayoh Kpoto	February 1989	September 1990
No Senate	1990	1997
	July 1997	August 1999	^[9]
	1999	20 August 2002
	September 2002	2003	^[10]
John Gray (acting)	2003	11 August 2003
Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu (acting)	11 August 2003	14 October 2003
?	2003	2006
	13 January 2006	17 March 2009	^[11] ^[12]
Lahai G. Lansanah (acting)	20 August 2008	2009	^[13]
Cletus S. Wotorson (acting)	26 March 2009	January 2012	^[14]
Gbehzohngar Milton Findley	January 2012	January 2015	^[15] ^[16]
Armah Jallah	12 February 2015	15 January 2018
Albert Tugbe Chie	15 January 2018	15 January 2024	^[17]
Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence	15 February 2024	Incumbent	^[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.