Ruler · 1820 – 1885

Anthony W. Gardner

Lived 1820 – 1885; politician. President of Liberia (Liberia), 1878 – 1883.

Wikidata's English label: Anthony W. Gardiner.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1820 – 1885; 65 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Liberia
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Liberia

Liberia · the 12th of 35 dated reigns · 1848 – 2024

8 before

James Skivring Smith1871 – 1872

Joseph Jenkins Roberts1872 – 1876

James Spriggs Payne1876 – 1878

Anthony W. Gardner1878 – 1883

Alfred Francis Russell1883 – 1884

Hilary R. W. Johnson1884 – 1892

Joseph James Cheeseman1892 – 1896

20 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1878 – 1883 · 5 years · came to it aged 58

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

President Gardner resigned on January 20, 1883, due to a serious illness.

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