Garretson W. Gibson
Garretson W. Gibson | |
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| 14th President of Liberia | |
| In office December 11, 1900 – January 4, 1904 | |
| Vice President | Joseph D. Summerville |
| Preceded by | William D. Coleman |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Barclay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 20, 1832 True Whig |
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Garretson Warner Gibson
Gibson began his political life as a justice of the peace. With the election of William D. Coleman as president in 1896, Gibson was appointed secretary of the interior. He was secretary of state when Coleman resigned in 1900, and because there was no vice-president, Gibson was chosen to succeed him. He won his own term later that year and served until 1904.
Gibson died in Monrovia on April 26, 1910. He was the last Liberian president to have been born in the United States.
Presidency (1900–1904)
Prior to attaining the presidency, Gibson had had a long career in government including serving as Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of State.
In 1903, the British forced a concession of Liberian territory to Sierra Leone, but tension along that border remained high.
Whenever the British and French seemed intent on enlarging at Liberia's expense the neighboring territories they already controlled, periodic appearances by U.S. warships helped discourage encroachment, even though successive American administrations rejected appeals from Monrovia for more forceful support.[4]
See also
References
- ^ American Colonization Society (1897). Liberia, Issues 19-27.
- ^ Liberia today. v.01-02 yr.1952-53. 1953.
- ISBN 978-3-598-44169-1.
- ^ Liebenow, J. Gus, Liberia: the Quest for Democracy. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987
Sources
- Nathaniel R. Richardson, Liberia's Past and Present. London: The Diplomatic Press and Publishing Company, 1959.