1855 Liberian general election

1855

Presidential election

President before election

Joseph Jenkins Roberts
True Liberian Party

Elected President

Stephen Allen Benson
True Liberian Party

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General elections were held in Liberia in 1855 to elect the president of Liberia, with incumbent president Joseph Jenkins Roberts declining to run for a fifth term in office.

The presidential election resulted in a victory for Vice-President Stephen Allen Benson of the True Liberian Party, who defeated Edward James Roye of the Whig Party. Beverly P. Yates was elected vice-president.

Benson took office as the country's second president on 7 January 1856, with Roberts making a speech at Benson's inauguration.

References

Stephen Allen Benson (1816-1865) National Portrait Gallery
Hollis R. Lynch (1970). Edward Wilmot Blyden: Pan-Negro Patriot, 1832–1912. Oxford University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-19-536546-7.
Joseph Saye Guannu (1977). Liberian History Before 1857: A Reference for Elementary Pupils. p. 57.
Liberians All. 1948. p. 57.
Presidential Power Transfer In Liberian History, Joseph Jenkins Roberts To Ellen Johnson Sirleaf The Perspective, 26 September 2017

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