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1855 Liberian general election

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1855 Liberian general election

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Presidential election
 
Nominee Stephen Allen Benson Edward James Roye
Party True Liberian Party Old Whig Party

President before election

Joseph Jenkins Roberts
True Liberian Party

Elected President

Stephen Allen Benson
True Liberian Party

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.[1]

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.[2][3] Beverly P. Yates was elected vice-president.[4]

Benson took office as the country's second president on 7 January 1856, with Roberts making a speech at Benson's inauguration.[5]

References

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