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 1856 [3] 1857 - ? [4]
John Marshall 1871 [3] 1872 – ? [5]
J. J. Ross ? – 18961896 – ? [6]
Alfred Benedict King 1897 [3] 1899 [3]
R. H. Jackson 1899 [7] ? [3]
D. F. Worrell 1901 [3] 1901 [3]
Alfred Benedict King 1901 [3] 1903 [3]
J. C. Johnson 1903 [3] 1905 [3]
T. I. Tate 1905 [3] 1907 [3]
Charles B. Dunbar 1919 [3] 1923 [3]
John Gottlieb A. Richards 1923 [3] 1927 [3]
W. J. Clark ?? [3]
William V. S. Tubman ? – 19301931 [3]
James Agea Himie Jones 1944 [3] 1956 [3]
Edwin A. Morgan 1956 [3] 1958 [3]
J. Lemuel Gibson 1958 [3] 1964 [3]
James Norman Anderson 1964 [3] 1967 [3] [8]
Isaac A. David 1967 [3] 1971 [3]
Frank E. Tolbert, Sr.1972 [3] 1980 [3]
No Senate19801986
John G. Rancy 1986 [3] 1989 [3]
Keikura Bayoh Kpoto February 1989 [3] September 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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  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 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 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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