Agents and Governors of Liberia

The following is a list of Agents and Governors of Liberia, made up of the 14 agents and two governors of the American Colonization Society from 1822 until Liberia's independence in 1847. The last governor, Joseph Jenkins Roberts also served as the first president of Liberia after independence was won.

The colors indicate the ethnicity of each agent or governor.

List of Agents and Governors of Liberia

No.	Name		Took office	Left office	Ethnicity	Agent or Governor
Cape Mesurado Colony
1	Eli Ayers		December 15, 1821	April 25, 1822	White	Colonial Agent
2	Frederick James		April 25, 1822	June 4, 1822	Black	Colonial Agent
3	Elijah Johnson		June 4, 1822	August 8, 1822	Black	Colonial Agent
4	Jehudi Ashmun		August 8, 1822	April 2, 1823	White	Colonial Agent
5	Elijah Johnson		April 2, 1823	August 14, 1823	Black	Colonial Agent
6	Jehudi Ashmun		August 14, 1823	August 15, 1824	White	Colonial Agent
Colony of Liberia
7	Jehudi Ashmun		August 15, 1824	March 26, 1828	White	Colonial Agent
8	Lott Cary		March 26, 1828	November 8, 1828	Black	Colonial Agent
9	Colston Waring		November 8, 1828	December 22, 1828	Black	Colonial Agent
10	Richard Randall		December 22, 1828	April 19, 1829	White	Colonial Agent
11	Joseph Mechlin, Jr.		April 19, 1829	February 27, 1830	White	Colonial Agent
12	John Anderson		February 27, 1830	April 12, 1830	Black	Colonial Agent
13	Anthony D. Williams		April 13, 1830	December 4, 1830	Black	Colonial Agent
14	Joseph Mechlin, Jr.		December 4, 1830	September 24, 1833	White	Colonial Agent
15	George McGill		September 24, 1833	January 1, 1834	Black	Colonial Agent
16	John B. Pinney		January 1, 1834	May 10, 1835	White	Colonial Agent
17	Nathaniel Brander		May 10, 1835	August 12, 1835	Black	Colonial Agent
18	Ezekiel Skinner		August 12, 1835	September 25, 1836	White	Colonial Agent
19	Anthony D. Williams		September 25, 1836	April 1, 1839	Black	Colonial Agent
Commonwealth of Liberia
20	Thomas Buchanan		April 1, 1839	September 3, 1841	White	Governor
21	Joseph Jenkins Roberts[A]		September 3, 1841	January 3, 1848	Black	Governor

^[A] Became the first president of Liberia in January 1848

See also

• President of Liberia
• List of colonial heads of Maryland-in-Africa
• List of colonial heads of Mississippi-in-Africa

References

• Karnga, Abayomi (1926). History of Liberia. D.H. Tyte & Co. 
• Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Leaders of Liberia". www.worldstatesmen.org. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Liberia.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-21.