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*[http://www.liberiapastandpresent.org/Presidents.htm#Roberts,%20JJ Liberia Past and Present]: J. J. Roberts |
*[http://www.liberiapastandpresent.org/Presidents.htm#Roberts,%20JJ Liberia Past and Present]: J. J. Roberts |
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Joseph Jenkins Roberts | |
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| 1st President of Liberia (1848) 7th President of Liberia (1872) | |
| In office January 3 1848 – January 7 1856 January 1 1872 – January 3 1876 | |
| Vice President | Stephen Allen Benson (1848) Anthony W. Gardiner (1872) |
| Preceded by | None (1848) James Skivring Smith (1872) |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Allen Benson (1848) James Spriggs Payne (1872) |
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| Born | March 15, 1809 Norfolk, Virginia |
| Died | February 24, 1876 (aged 66) Liberia |
| Political party | Republican Party |
Joseph Jenkins Roberts (born Norfolk, Virginia, March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) served as the first (1848-1856) and seventh (1872-1876) President of Liberia
Roberts, born a free man of American ancestry, was raised in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Roberts only had one African great grandparent, and he was of more than one half European ancestry. He moved to Petersburg, Virginia where he worked in his family's boating business.
In 1829 his family moved to Liberia and established a trading store in Monrovia. In 1839, Roberts became Liberia's lieutenant governor and afterwards, its governor (1841–1848). He is known as the father of Liberia and helped Liberia win its independence in 1847.
In 1871 President Edward J. Roye was deposed in a coup d'état by elements loyal to the Republican Party on the grounds that he was planning to cancel the upcoming elections. Roberts, one of the Republican Party's leaders, won the ensuing presidential election and thus returned to office. He served until 1876, although he was incapacitated by illness from 1875 until his death the following year.
Liberia's main airport, Roberts International Airport, is named in honor of Joseph Roberts.
Further reading
- Virginia's Ninth President, Joseph Jakey Brown by C. W. Tazwell
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