Ruler · 1819 – 1882

James Spriggs Payne

Lived 1819 – 1882; politician. President of Liberia (Liberia), 1868 – 1870 and 1 more term.

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Lived: 1819 – 1882; 63 years
In office: 4 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 1; Liberia
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Liberia

Liberia · the 4th and 11th of 35 dated reigns · 1848 – 2024

Joseph Jenkins Roberts1848 – 1856

Stephen Allen Benson1856 – 1864

Daniel Bashiel Warner1864 – 1868

James Spriggs Payne1868 – 1870

Edward James Roye1870 – 1871

Charles Dunbar1871

Reginald Sherman1871

Amos Herring1871

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

21 after

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

Reigned 1868 – 1870 · 2 years · came to it aged 49 · term 1 of 2

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1870; they died in 1882

Reigned 1876 – 1878 · 2 years · came to it aged 57 · term 2 of 2

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1878; they died in 1882

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