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Encyclopedia > Joseph Jenkins Roberts
Joseph Jenkins Roberts

In office
January 3, 1848 – January 7, 1856,
January 1, 1872 –
January 3, 1876
1st President of Liberia (1848)
7th President of Liberia (1872)
Vice President Stephen Allen Benson (1848)
Anthony W. Gardiner (1872)
Preceded by None (1848)
James Skivring Smith (1872)
Succeeded by Stephen Allen Benson (1848)
James Spriggs-Payne (1872)
Born March 15, 1809
Norfolk, Virginia
Political party Republican Party

Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) was the first President of Liberia (1848–1856, 1872–1876). Image File history File links Joseph_Jenkins_Roberts. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Stephen Allen Benson (May 21, 1816—1865) was president of Liberia from 1856 to 1864. ... Anthony William Gardiner was the president of Liberia from 1878 until 1883. ... James Skivring Smith was the interim President of Liberia from November 4, 1871 to January 1, 1872 when Joseph Jenkins Roberts was elected. ... Stephen Allen Benson (May 21, 1816—1865) was president of Liberia from 1856 to 1864. ... 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. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Republican Party of Liberia was a political party founded soon after the founding of Liberia in 1848. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The following is a list of Presidents of Liberia: Joseph Jenkins Roberts 1847-1856 Stephen Allen Benson 1856-1864 Daniel Bashiel Warner 1864-1868 James Spriggs Payne 1868-1870 Edward J. Roye 1870-1871 Joseph Jenkins Roberts 1871-1876 James Spriggs Payne 1876-1878 Anthony W. Gardiner 1878-1883 Alfred... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ...


Roberts was born a free man, of mixed African and European ancestry, and was raised in Norfolk, Virginia, in the United States. He attended the Norfolk Academy and Maury High School. He moved to Petersburg, Virginia, where he worked in his family's boating business. In 1829, his family moved to Liberia and established a trading store in Monrovia. In 1839, Roberts became Liberia's lieutenant governor and afterwards, its governor (1841–1848). He is known as the father of Liberia and helped Liberia win its independence in 1847, and he became the first president of Liberia. Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Norfolk Academy is an independent coeducational day school located in Norfolk, Virginia. ... Map Political Statistics County Independent city Mayor Annie M. Mickens Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 60. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... For alternate meanings, see Monrovia (disambiguation). ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... take you to calendar). ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...


Roberts initially left office in 1856. However, in 1871, President Edward J. Roye was deposed in a coup d'etat by elements loyal to the Republican Party, on the grounds that he was planning to cancel the upcoming elections. Roberts, one of the Republican Party's leaders, won the ensuing presidential, and thus returned to office. He served until 1876, although he was incapacitated by illness from 1875 until his death the following year. 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Edward James Roye (1815 - 1872) was a Liberian (U.S.-born) political figure. ... The Republican Party of Liberia was a political party founded soon after the founding of Liberia in 1848. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...


Liberia's main airport, Roberts Field, is named in honor of Joseph Roberts. Roberts Field (RDM) is the name of the Redmond, Oregon Municipal Airport (elevation 3077 feet) and is served by two regional air carriers; Horizon Air, and SkyWest Airlines, which operates services under the United Express and Delta Connection brands. ...


External link

  • Liberia Past and Present: J. J. Roberts

Reference

  • Virginia's Ninth President, Joseph Jenkins Roberts by C. W. Tazwell
Preceded by:
(none)		 President of Liberia
1847–1856		 Succeeded by:
Stephen Allen Benson
Preceded by:
James Skivring Smith		 President of Liberia
1872–1876		 Succeeded by:
James Spriggs Payne
Persondata
NAME Roberts, Joseph Jenkins
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roberts, Joseph J.
SHORT DESCRIPTION President of Liberia
DATE OF BIRTH 15 March 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Norfolk, Virginia
DATE OF DEATH 24 February 1876
PLACE OF DEATH Monrovia, Liberia

  Results from FactBites:
 
Presidents - Liberian Observer (1095 words)
Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809-1876) was born in Virginia, U.S.A. His parents were poor.
In 1841 Governor Thomas Buchanan, a cousin of the President of the USA, James Buchanan, died and was succeeded by J.J. Roberts.
Although Roberts was a colonist, "he was not really fl; he was an octoroon and could have easily passed for a white man", as Aboyomi Karnga, one of Liberia’s best-known historians reported.
Joseph Jenkins Roberts (407 words)
He became a successful merchant and caught the eye of Liberia's white governor, who appointed Roberts as his successor.
In South Africa, British commander Lord Roberts captures the capital of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, from the Boers.
In Britain, aged 26, Margaret Roberts (Thatcher) of the Conservative Party becomes the youngest candidate to stand at a general election.
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