James Spriggs Payne

Order	4th President (1868) 7th President (1876)
President from	January 6, 1868 – January 3, 1870, January 3, 1876 – January 7, 1878
Vice President	Unknown (1848) Unknown (1872)
Preceded by	Daniel Bashiel Warner (1868) Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1876)
Succeeded by	Edward James Roye (1868) Anthony W. Gardiner (1876)
Born	December 19, 1819 Richmond, Virginia
Political party	Republican

James Spriggs Payne (Richmond, Virginia, December 19, 1819 – January 31, 1882 in Monrovia, Liberia) was the fourth and eighth president of Liberia, in office from 1868 to 1870 and 1876 to 1878. Image File history File links James_Payne. ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why on its talk page or at Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. ... Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) was the first President of Liberia (1848–1856, 1872–1876). ... Edward James Roye Edward James Roye (1815 - 1872) was a American-Liberian political figure. ... Anthony William Gardiner was the president of Liberia from 1878 until 1883. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: River City Motto: Sic Itur Ad Astra Official website: http://www. ... Nickname: River City Motto: Sic Itur Ad Astra Official website: http://www. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... For alternate meanings, see Monrovia (disambiguation). ...

Life

Payne grew up in a highly religious Methodist family and was a devout Christian. While a child, his family moved to Liberia, run by the American Colonization Society, to begin a new life. The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... A Christian is a follower of Jesus Christ. ... The American Colonization Society (in full, The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America) founded Liberia, a colony on the coast of West Africa in 1820 and transported free black Americans there, in an effort to remove them from the United States. ...

Aside from religion, he showed interest in politics and economics, areas he later became a successful author in. He was appointed by the government to work finalizing the breakage of Liberia's ties to the American Colonization Society. Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government. ... Economics (from the Greek οίκος [oikos], family, household, estate, and νομος [nomos], custom, law, hence household management and management of the state) is a social science that studies the production, distribution, trade and consumption of goods and services. ...

During his presidency he fought to end the slave trade existing on Liberia's coast. He also increased the country's foreign trade and improved government relations with the natives, who he felt politics had for the most part ignored. There are 16 ethnic groups that make up Liberias indigenous population. ...

He left office in 1870, and was re-elected in 1876. He died in Monrovia in 1882, four years after finally leaving office.