1891 Liberian general election

1891 Liberian general election

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Nominee Joseph James Cheeseman Anthony D. Williams, Jr. Party TWP New Republican

President before election Hilary R. W. Johnson TWP Elected President Joseph James Cheeseman TWP

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General elections were held in Liberia in 1891. In the presidential election, the result was a victory for Joseph James Cheeseman of the True Whig Party,^[1] who defeated former Secretary of War and Navy Anthony D. Williams, Jr., who ran on the New Republican Party ticket.^[2]

Cheeseman took office on 4 January 1892.

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