Anthony W. Gardiner
Anthony William Gardiner | |
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Alfred F. Russell | |
9th Vice President of Liberia | |
In office January 1, 1872 – January 3, 1876 | |
President | Joseph Jenkins Roberts |
Preceded by | James Skivring Smith |
Succeeded by | Charles Harmon |
1st Attorney General of Liberia | |
In office 1848–1855 | |
President | Joseph Jenkins Roberts |
Personal details | |
Born | True Whig | January 24, 1820
Anthony William Gardiner (January 24, 1820 – 1885) served as the ninth president of Liberia from 1878 until 1883. He was the first of a series of thirteen True Whig presidents who held uninterrupted power until 1980.
Early years
Gardiner was born in
In May 1871, he was elected vice-president and was elected once again, serving until 1876. During the incapacitation of President Joseph Jenkins Roberts from 1875 until early 1876, Gardiner was also acting president.
Less than two years after leaving office as acting president, Gardiner won election to the presidency, taking office in 1878. In the same election, the True Whig Party won a massive victory and proceeded to dominate Liberian politics until a coup d'état in 1980 ended almost a century and a half of minority rule by the Americo-Liberians.
Presidency (1878–1883)
In the decades after 1868, escalating economic difficulties weakened the state's dominance over the coastal indigenous population. Conditions worsened, and the cost of imports was far greater than the income generated by exports of coffee, rice,
Territorial conflicts with European powers
Rivalries between the Europeans colonizing West Africa and the interest of the United States helped preserve Liberian independence during this period, and until 1919, despite Liberia's ongoing disputes with England and France.
During Gardiner's administration difficulties with the
Resignation
President Gardiner resigned on January 20, 1883, due to a serious illness. He was succeeded by the vice president,
See also
References
- ISBN 9783598441691.
- ISBN 9781461659310.
- ISBN 9783598441691– via Google Books.
- Brawley, Benjamin (1971) [1921]. A Social History of The American Negro, Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History And Study Of The Republic Of Liberia. New York, AMS Press. ISBN 0-404-00138-6.
This article incorporates public domain text from Brawley, A Social History of The American Negro, retrieved from Project Gutenberg[1]
Further reading
External links
- Liberia Past and Present Archived 2020-02-26 at the Wayback Machine: Anthony W. Gardiner
- The True Whig Ascendancy
- See also History of Liberia, external links