The True Whig Party, also known as Liberian Pumpkin Party, was Liberia's only legal political party for over 100 years, from 1878 to the coup d'etat of 1980. 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

It is considered the first single-party or State-party in the world. Initially, its ideology was heavily influenced by that of the United States Whig Party. The United States Whig Party was a political party of the United States. ...

It presided over a society where only settlers and their descendants were citizens able to vote, and so represented them, often working in tandem with the Masonic Order. The party endorsed systems of forced labour. In 1930 they sold human labour to Portuguese colonialists on Fernando Po (now Bioko in Equatorial Guinea), leading to a five-year U.S. and British boycott of Liberia. Despite this dispute, the West saw them as a stabilising, unthreatening force and so invested heavily in the nation under William Tubman's leadership (1944–1971). A family of Russian settlers in the Caucasus region, ca. ... The word citizen may refer to: A person with a citizenship Citizen Watch Co. ... The Masonic Order of Liberia is a fraternal organization in that West African country. ... Unfree labour is a generic or collective term for forms of work, especially in modern or early modern history, in which adults and/or children are employed without wages, or for a minimal wage. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Bioko is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, formerly called Fernando Po or Fernando Poo. ... Bioko (spelled also Bioco) is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, formerly called Fernando Pó or Fernando Póo. ... The term Western world or the West can have multiple meanings depending on its context. ... William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman (November 29, 1895 – July 23, 1971) was President of Liberia from 1944 until his death in 1971. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

The party lost power after Tubman's successor, William Tolbert, was killed in an April 1980 coup by forces opposed to his clampdown on the political opposition and tolerance of corruption. It was then the opposition's turn to clamp down on the True Whig Party. The vast majority of its members and supporters left the party, but it struggled on as a minor party. William Richard Tolbert, Jr. ...

The party participated in the Liberian elections, 2005 as part of the Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia. Liberian elections in 2005 mark the end of the transition following Liberias second civil war. ... The Coalition for the Transformation of Liberia (COTOL) is a four-party coalition that was formed to contest the 2005 elections in Liberia. ...