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Liberia Counties
| Counties Bomi - Bong - Gbarpolu - Grand Bassa - Grand Cape Mount - Grand Gedeh - Grand Kru - Lofa - Margibi - Maryland - Montserrado - Nimba - River Cess - River Gee - Sinoe - |
Party abbreviations: LAP = Liberian Action Party; LPP = Liberian People's Party;
NDP = National Democratic Party of Liberia; NPFL = National Patriotic Front of Liberia;
NPP = National Patriotic Party (authoritarian); UP = Unity Party (centerist); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: INPF = Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL dissidents,
Prince Johnson personalist); RP = Republican Party (democratic, 1867-1876); TWP = True Whig Party (always victorious 1878-1980, descendants of immigrants from the U.S. who had been slaves, est.1869)
- this page is currently incomplete -
Counties
Bomi
19 Mar 1984 Bomi County
Superintendents
c.1980's J. Darkir Lasana
c.1999 Alfred B Anderson
c.2004 - 200. Haja Washington (f)
200. - Mohammed Alieu Massaley
Bong
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
26 Jul 1964 Bong County
Superintendents
1964 - 1968 James Y. Gbarbea (d. ....)
1968 - 1971 Augustus W. Korwaya
1971 - 1976 Harry A. Greaves
1976 - 1980 Joseph A. Yorwatei
1980 - 1983 Bardeh B. Zaza
1983 Ayom Cassell
1980's Venecious K. Vorkpor
.... - .... John Najohn Suah
.... - .... J. Fulton Dunbar
.... - .... Aloysius Sackie
.... - .... Daniel Weedtol
.... - .... George S. Mulbah (b. 1965)
200. - Ranney B. Jackson, Sr.
(suspended Oct 2008 - 2009)
2008 - 2009 Dan Hartzman (acting?)
Gbarpolu
Jan 2001 Gbarpolu County
Superintendents
c.2004 - Gertrude T. Weah Lamine (f)
Grand Bassa
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
26 Jul 1847 Grand Bassa County
Superintendents
1856 Anthony William Gardner (1st time)
1856 - 1860 ....
1860 - 1862 Anthony William Gardner (2nd time)
1862 - 1866 ....
1866 - 1872 Thomas Moore
1872 - 1876 J.D. Preston
1876 - 1877 Anthony William Gardner (3rd time)
1877 - 1879 ....
1879 - 1880 James Skivring Smith (1st time) (b. 1825 - d. 1884?)
1880 - 1883 ....
1883 - 1884 James Skivring Smith (2nd time) (s.a.)
1885 J.H. Fuller
1885 - 1888 ....
1888 - 1892 James Skivring Smith (3rd time) (s.a.)
1892 - 1896 C.C. Brown
1896 - 1900 Philip Tyler
1900 - 1904 Joseph D. Summerville (b. 1860 - d. ....)
1904 - 1908 D.T. Harris
1908 - 1912 Thomas Moore
1912 - 1920 J.T. Ennis
1920 - 1924 H.A. Page
1924 - 1927 James Skivring Smith, Jr.
1927 - 1930 James E. Smith
1930 - 1932 William Bryant
1932 - 1935 Thomas H. Greaves (1st time)
1935 - 1936 J.T. Ennis
1936 - 1943 Edward Lysander Dunn (1st time)
1943 - 1946 Thomas H. Greaves (2nd time)
1946 - 1948 Edward Lysander Dunn (2nd time)
1948 - 1952 Levi H. Martin
1952 - 1954 George Flamma Sherman
1954 - 1965 Joshua L. Harmon
1965 - 1970 Charles H. Williams
1970 - 1972 Lawrence E. Morgan
1972 - 1980 Joseph M.N. Gbadyu
1980 - 1986 John Y. Krakue
1986 - 1990 Thomas Johnson
1990 - 1997 ....
1997 - 1999 Grechin Martin-Johnson
.... - .... Robert Vonyeegar
.... - .... Blamoh Nelson
.... - .... Nathaniel K. Innis (acting) (b. 1956)
c.2006 - Julia Duncan-Cassell (f)
Grand Cape Mount
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
26 Jul 1847 Grand Cape Mount County
Superintendents
1856 - 1860 Anthony David Williams, Sr.
1860 - 1861 R.L. Stryker
c.1862 Thomas Hunter
c.1869 Abram Blackford
1872 - 1873 Joseph W. Diggs (1st time)
1874 - 1874 Joseph W. Diggs (2nd time)
c.1879 Joseph W. Diggs (3rd time)
1881 - 1889 Robert James Benjamin Watson
(1st time)
1890 - 1891 Daniel Ware
1892 Jacob Hoff (1st time)
1892 - 1894 C. Willis Houston
1894 - 1896 Jacob Hoff (2nd time)
1897 - 1907 Robert James Benjamin Watson
(2nd time)
1907 - c. 1924 ....
c.1924 Reginald A. Sherman
c.1929 Isaac A. David, Sr.
c.1935 Charles H. Marshall
1953 - 1956 Frank F. Gailor
c.1960 M. Fahnbulleh Jones
c.1964 John Harvey
c.1976 Abraham Jackson
1976 - 1980 Henry Boima Fahnbulleh, Sr.
1980 - 1986 John Hezekiah Bowen (b. 19.. - d. 2010)
c.2004. - Catherine Watson-Khasu (f)
Grand Gedeh
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
26 Jul 1964 Grand Gedeh County
Superintendents
26 Jul 1964 - 1971 Moses Poka Harris, Sr. (b. 1913 - d. 2003)
1971 - 1972 John G. Rancy
1972 - 1977 Albert T. White
1977 - 1978 T. Kudah Jarry
1978 - 1980 John Pehee Beh
1980 - 1983 Washington W. Garley
1983 Johnny G. Garley
19.. - 19.. Collins Teah
1997 - .... Ruth Milton (f)
.... - 200. Brown Tardy
200. - Christopher Beh Bailey
Grand Kru
19 Jul 1984 Grand Kru County
Superintendents
1980's Daniel B. Bedell
c.2004 - Rosalind T. Sneh (f)
Lofa
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
26 Jul 1964 Lofa County
Superintendents
1964 - 1968 Robert H.Q. Kennedy, Sr.
1968 - 1972 Dominic D. Ballayan
1972 - 1976 Edward Sumo Jones
1976 - 1980 Thomas N. Brima
1980 - 1982 Henry Marvie
1982 - 1983 John S. Acquoi
1983 Gayflor Y. Johnson
1983 - 200. ....
200. - Garlakpai W. Kortimai
Margibi
13 Dec 1985 Margibi County, formed from parts of Montserrado and Bong Counties.
Superintendents
1980's Amos G. Bohn
.... - .... Flasher Garjuan Chideryou (b. 1949)
200. - Levi Z. Piah
Maryland
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
28 Feb 1857 Maryland County
Superintendents
1857 - 1867 Joseph T. Gibson
1867 Charles Harmon
18.. - 18.. James Benjamin Dennis
c.1870 Auburn Tuman
c.1876 James A. Tuning
c.1877 Joseph P. Gibson
c.1897 J.W. Ashton
1907 - 1909 F.O. Thorne
c.1922 Allen N. Yancy
c.1935 Harold Fredericks
1944 - 1952 George Tillman Brewer, Sr.
1952 - 1971 ....
1971 - 1978 James Daniel Anderson
1978 - 1980 L. Cox
1980 - 1982 Jospeh D. Cooper
1982 G. Wahnleh Elliot
1982 - 1997 ....
1997 - 1999 Victor Walker
1999 - ... Horatio Dan Marias
200. - Sie Teba Neufville
Montserrado
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
26 Jul 1847 Montserrado County
Superintendents
1870 - 1871 Hopkins W. Erskine
1871 Jacob M. Moore
c.1892 Thomas C. Lomax
c.1900 Daniel E. Howard
1904 - 1907 James A. Railey
c.1916 James J. Morris
1971 - 1976 A.B. Anderson
1976 - 1980 Samuel Smith
1982 Franklin G. Smith
.... - .... Rupel E. Marshall, Sr.
.... - .... Josephine George-Francis (f)
c.2004 - Nyenekon Beauty Snoh-Barcon (f)
Nimba
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
26 Jul 1964 Nimba County organized.
Superintendents (order uncertain)
1964 - 1968 Gabriel Fangarlow
1968 - 1970 Samuel T. Volker
1970 - 1972 David Dwanyen
1972 - 1977 David Toweh
1977 - 1980 Joseph Fulton Dunbar
1980 - 1982 Robert G. Saye (d. 1982)
1982 - 1983 Jospeh N. Farngalo
.... - .... J. Gonda Wilke
..... .... Steven Daniels
1997 - .... Yarlor Saywon
.... - .... Harrison S. Kamwea, Sr.
.... - .... Rachel Miller (f)
.... - .... James W. Zotaa, Sr.
.... - 2009 Robert Saye Kamei
26 Sep 2009 - Edith Gongloe Weh (f)
River Cess
18 Apr 1985 River Cess County, formed from parts of Sinoe and Grand Bassa
Counties.
Superintendents
1980's Jimmy Cooper
c.1999 Jasper Ben
.... - .... Jay Jonathan Banney
.... - .... B. Rancy Ziankahn
.... - .... Francis S. Page
2009 - Wellington Geevon-Smith
River Gee
Jun 2000 River Gee County, split from Grand Gedeh County.
Superintendents
2000 - 200. Christian S. Chea
2006? - J. Karku Sampson
Sinoe
Adopted 29 Nov 1965
26 Jul 1847 Sinoe County
Superintendents
1847 - 1851 Richard E. Murray
1851 - 1853 Washington Moulton
1853 - 1857 Stephen H. Crayton
1857 - 1861 Edward S. Morris
1861 - 1865 ....
1865 - 1868 Henry B. Stewart
1872 - .... H.C. Brooks
c.1876 James M. Strother
1880 - 1881 W.W. McDonough
1883 - 188. C. Kirk
1888 - 1892 Jacob J. Ross
1895 - .... David W. Frazier
1907 - 19.. H.C. Birch
1948 - 19.. Harrison Grigsby
1952 - 1961 James Edward Greene
.... - .... Claudius Major
.... - .... Nelson Broderick
1976 - 1980 J. Dominique Bing
.... - .... Samuel B. Taylor
c.1999 Wilhemina Davis (f)
.... - .... James Davies (b. 1947)
.... - .... Sylvester Grigsby
30 Oct 2009 - J. Milton Teahjay
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