List of presidents pro tempore of the Senate of Liberia

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]

Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Elijah Johnson	1848	1849	[2][full citation needed]
John Day	1849	?	[3]
Alfred Francis Russell	1856	1857 - ?	[3][4][full citation needed]
John Marshall	1871	1872 – ?	[3][5]
J. J. Ross	? – 1896	1896 – ?	[6]
Alfred Benedict King	1897	1899	[3]
D. F. Worrell	1901	?	[3]
Alfred Benedict King	1901	1903	[3]
J. C. Johnson	1903	1905	[3]
T. I. Tate	1905	1907	[3]
R. H. Jackson	?	?	[3]
Charles B. Dunbar	1919	1923	[3]
John Gottlieb A. Richards	1923	1927	[3]
W. J. Clark	?	?	[3]
William V. S. Tubman	? – 1930	1931	[3]
James Agea Himie Jones	1944	1956	[3]
Edwin A. Morgan	1956	1958	[3]
J. Lemuel Gibson	1958	1964	[3]
James Norman Anderson	1964	1967	[7][3]
Isaac A. David	1967	1971	[3]
Frank E. Tolbert, Sr.	1972	1980	[8][better source needed][3]
No Senate	1980	1986
John G. Rancy	1986	1989	[3]
Keikura Bayoh Kpoto	February 1989	September 1990	[3]
No Senate	1990	1997
Charles Walker Brumskine	July 1997	August 1999	[9][3]
Keikura Bayoh Kpoto	1999	20 August 2002	[3]
Grace B. Minor	September 2002	2003	[10][3]
John Gray (acting)	2003	11 August 2003
Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu (acting)	11 August 2003	14 October 2003
?	2003	2006
Isaac W. Nyenabo	13 January 2006	17 March 2009	[11][12][3]
Lahai G. Lansanah (acting)	20 August 2008	2009	[13]
Cletus S. Wotorson (acting)	26 March 2009	January 2012	[14][3]
Gbehzohngar Milton Findley	January 2012	January 2015	[15][16]
Armah Jallah	12 February 2015	15 January 2018	[16]
Albert Tugbe Chie	15 January 2018	15 January 2024	[17]
Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence	15 February 2024	Incumbent	[18]

References

1. Captan, Monie R. (2016). Introduction to Liberian Government and Political System. Lulu. ISBN 978-1-4834-4878-7 – via Google Books.
2. African Repository and Colonial Journal. 1849 https://books.google.com/books?id=LKAoAAAAYAAJ. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. 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.
4. "The African Repository". The African Repository. Vol. 33. 1857.
5. "Letters from Henry W. Dennis, Esq". The African Repository. 48 (1): 94. 1872 – via HathiTrust.
6. Heard, William H. (1898). The Bright Side of African Life: Illustrated. Philadelphia: A. M. E. Publishing House – via Internet Archive.
7. Dunn, Elwood D.; Beyan, Amos J.; Burrowes, Carl Patrick (2001). Historical Dictionary of Liberia (2nd ed.). Lanham: The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3876-5 – 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.
14. Kpayili, Michael (Mar 26, 2009). "Liberia: Senator Cletus Wotorson Elected New President Pro-Tempore of the Liberian Senate". TheLiberianTimes.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
15. "IPU PARLINE database: LIBERIA (House of Representatives), ELECTIONS IN 2011". archive.ipu.org.
16. "Senator Albert Chie to Run For Senate Pro-Temp Position". FrontPageAfrica. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
17. "IPU PARLINE database: LIBERIA (The Liberian Senate), General information". archive.ipu.org.
18. Carter, J. Burgess (January 16, 2024). "Liberia: Nyonblee Elected Liberia First Female Pro-Tempore". Liberian Observer. Archived from the original on January 16, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.