- Daniel Bashiel Warner
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Daniel Bashiel Warner 3rd President of Liberia In office
January 4, 1864 – January 6, 1868Vice President James M. Priest Preceded by Stephen Allen Benson Succeeded by James Spriggs Payne 5th Vice President of Liberia In office
January 2, 1860 – January 4, 1864President Stephen Allen Benson Preceded by Beverly Page Yates Succeeded by James M. Priest 3rd Secretary of State In office
1854–1856President Joseph Jenkins Roberts Preceded by John N. Lewis Succeeded by James Skivring Smith Personal details Born April 19, 1815
Baltimore County, Maryland, United StatesDied December 1, 1880 (aged 65)
LiberiaPolitical party Republican Daniel Bashiel Warner (April 19, 1815 − December 1, 1880) served as the 3rd President of Liberia from 1864 to 1868. Prior to this, he served as the 5th Vice President of Liberia under President Stephen Allen Benson from 1860 to 1864, and as the 3rd Secretary of State in the cabinet of Joseph Jenkins Roberts from 1854 to 1856.
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Background
Warner, an African-American, was born on Hookstown Road in Baltimore County, Maryland to a father who was a farmer and ex-slave who acquired his freedom one year before Warner was born.[1][2]
Warner's date of birth is unclear. Some records show that he was born on April 19, 1815.[1] However, American Colonization Society documents list him as age nine when he emigrated to Liberia, with eight relatives, on the ship Oswego in 1823.[2] That would put his birth year as 1814.
A member of the Americo-Liberian elite, he also served as a member of the Liberian House of Representatives[3] and Liberian Senate.[4] In 1877, he became an agent of the American Colonization Society.[5]
He also wrote the lyrics to the Liberian national anthem, which the country officially adopted when it got independence from the American Colonization Society in 1847.[6]
Presidency (1864-1868)
Warner's main concern as President was how the indigenous people, particularly the indigenous people in the interior, could be brought into society and become cooperating citizens. He organized the first expedition into the dense forest, led by Benjamin J. K. Anderson. In 1868, Anderson journeyed into Liberia's interior to sign a treaty with the king of Musardo. He took careful notes describing the peoples, the customs, and the natural resources of those areas he passed through, writing a published report of his journey. Using the information from Anderson's report, the Liberian government moved to assert limited control over the inland region.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Death Of A Liberian President,New York Times, March 13, 1881
- ^ a b Roll Of Emigrants That Have Been Sent To The Colony Of Liberia, Western Africa, By The American Colonization Society And Its Auxiliaries, To September 1843
- ^ Emma Jones Lapsansky Werner & Margaret Hope Bacon. Back To Africa
- ^ American Colonization Society, "Information About Going To Liberia With Things Which Every Emigrot Ought To Know", 1852
- ^ Michele Mitchell, Righteous Propaganda
- ^ Streissguth, Thomas. Liberia In Pictures
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Political offices Preceded by
Stephen Allen BensonPresident of Liberia
1864–1868Succeeded by
James Spriggs PaynePreceded by
Beverly Page YatesVice President of Liberia
1860–1864Succeeded by
James M. PriestPresidents of Liberia Joseph J. Roberts · Stephen Allen Benson · Daniel Bashiel Warner · James Spriggs Payne · Edward J. Roye · James Skivring Smith · Joseph J. Roberts · James Spriggs Payne · Anthony W. Gardiner · Alfred Francis Russell · Hilary R. W. Johnson · Joseph James Cheeseman · William D. Coleman · Garretson W. Gibson · Arthur Barclay · Daniel Edward Howard · Charles D. B. King · Edwin Barclay · William Tubman · William R. Tolbert, Jr. · Samuel Doe · Amos Sawyer · David D. Kpormakpor · Wilton G. S. Sankawulo · Ruth Perry · Charles G. Taylor · Moses Blah · Gyude Bryant · Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Non-presidential heads of state shown in italicsVice Presidents of Liberia Nathaniel Brander • Anthony D. Williams • Stephen Allen Benson • Beverley Yates • Daniel Bashiel Warner • James Priest • Joseph Gibson • James S. Smith • Anthony Gardiner • Charles Harmon • Alfred F. Russell • James Thompson • William D. Coleman • Joseph J. Ross • Joseph D. Summerville • J. J. Dossen • Samuel George Harmon • Samuel Alfred Ross • Henry Too Wesley • Allen Yancy • James S. Smith, Jr. • Clarence Simpson • William R. Tolbert, Jr. • James E. Greene • Bennie Dee Warner • Harry Moniba • Enoch Dogolea • Moses Blah • Joseph Boakai
Categories:- 1815 births
- 1880 deaths
- Americo-Liberian people
- National anthem writers
- Presidents of Liberia
- Members of the Senate of Liberia
- Members of the House of Representatives of Liberia
- Republican Party (Liberia) politicians
- People from Monrovia
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