Ruler · 1816 – 1865

Stephen Allen Benson

Lived 1816 – 1865; politician. President of Liberia (Liberia), 1856 – 1864.

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Lived: 1816 – 1865; 49 years
In office: 8 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Liberia
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Liberia

Liberia · the 2nd 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

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

Reigned 1856 – 1864 · 8 years · came to it aged 40

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1864; they died in 1865

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