List of presidents pro tempore of the Senate of Liberia

This is an incomplete list of presidents pro tempore of the Senate of Liberia. The Senate elects a president pro tempore to preside for a term of six years.[1]

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Elijah Johnson18481849[2][full citation needed]
John Day1849?[3]
Alfred Francis Russell18561857 - ?[3][4][full citation needed]
John Marshall18711872 – ?[3][5]
J. J. Ross? – 18961896 – ?[6]
Alfred Benedict King18971899[3]
D. F. Worrell1901?[3]
Alfred Benedict King19011903[3]
J. C. Johnson19031905[3]
T. I. Tate19051907[3]
R. H. Jackson??[3]
Charles B. Dunbar19191923[3]
John Gottlieb A. Richards19231927[3]
W. J. Clark??[3]
William V. S. Tubman? – 19301931[3]
James Agea Himie Jones19441956[3]
Edwin A. Morgan19561958[3]
J. Lemuel Gibson19581964[3]
James Norman Anderson19641967[7][3]
Isaac A. David19671971[3]
Frank E. Tolbert, Sr.19721980[8][better source needed][3]
No Senate19801986
John G. Rancy19861989[3]
Keikura Bayoh KpotoFebruary 1989September 1990[3]
No Senate19901997
Charles Walker BrumskineJuly 1997August 1999[9][3]
Keikura Bayoh Kpoto199920 August 2002[3]
Grace B. MinorSeptember 20022003[10][3]
John Gray (acting)200311 August 2003
Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu (acting)11 August 200314 October 2003
?20032006
Isaac W. Nyenabo13 January 200617 March 2009[11][12][3]
Lahai G. Lansanah (acting)20 August 20082009[13]
Cletus S. Wotorson (acting)26 March 2009January 2012[14][3]
Gbehzohngar Milton FindleyJanuary 2012January 2015[15][16]
Armah Jallah12 February 201515 January 2018[16]
Albert Tugbe Chie15 January 201815 January 2024[17]
Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence15 February 2024Incumbent[18]

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