List of presidents pro tempore of the Senate of Liberia

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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 Johnson 18481849 [2] [ full citation needed ]
John Day 1849? [3]
Alfred Francis Russell 18561857 - ? [3] [4] [ full citation needed ]
John Marshall 18711872 – ? [3] [5]
J. J. Ross ? – 18961896 – ? [6]
Alfred Benedict King 18971899 [3]
D. F. Worrell 1901? [3]
Alfred Benedict King 19011903 [3]
J. C. Johnson 19031905 [3]
T. I. Tate 19051907 [3]
R. H. Jackson ?? [3]
Charles B. Dunbar 19191923 [3]
John Gottlieb A. Richards 19231927 [3]
W. J. Clark ?? [3]
William V. S. Tubman ? – 19301931 [3]
James Agea Himie Jones 19441956 [3]
Edwin A. Morgan 19561958 [3]
J. Lemuel Gibson 19581964 [3]
James Norman Anderson 19641967 [7] [3]
Isaac A. David 19671971 [3]
Frank E. Tolbert, Sr.19721980 [8] [ better source needed ] [3]
No Senate19801986
John G. Rancy 19861989 [3]
Keikura Bayoh Kpoto February 1989September 1990 [3]
No Senate19901997
Charles Walker Brumskine July 1997August 1999 [9] [3]
Keikura Bayoh Kpoto 199920 August 2002 [3]
Grace B. Minor September 20022003 [10] [3]
John Gray (acting)200311 August 2003
Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu (acting)11 August 200314 October 2003
?20032006
Isaac W. Nyenabo 13 January 200617 March 2009 [11] [12] [3]
Lahai G. Lansanah (acting)20 August 20082009 [13]
Cletus S. Wotorson (acting)26 March 2009January 2012 [14] [3]
Gbehzohngar Milton Findley January 2012January 2015 [15] [16]
Armah Jallah 12 February 201515 January 2018 [16]
Albert Tugbe Chie 15 January 201815 January 2024 [17]
Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence 15 February 2024Incumbent [18]

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  2. ↑ African Repository and Colonial Journal . 1849 https://books.google.com/books?id=LKAoAAAAYAAJ.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Dunn, D. Elwood, ed. (2011). The Annual Messages of the Presidents of Liberia 1848–2010: State of the Nation Addresses to the National Legislature. Vol. 1. Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN   978-3-598-44169-1 – via Google Books.
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  12. ↑ IPU PARLINE Liberia (The Liberian Senate), Last elections
  13. ↑ "Cletus Wotorson Becomes New Pro-Temp of The Liberian Senate". theliberianjournal.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
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  15. ↑ "IPU PARLINE database: LIBERIA (House of Representatives), ELECTIONS IN 2011". archive.ipu.org.
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