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List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia, the Glossary

This is a record of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.^[1]

55 relations: Abraham Hanson, Advice and consent, Alexander Clark, Ambassadors of the United States, American Colonization Society, Ben H. Brown Jr., Bismarck Myrick, C. H. J. Taylor, Charles Edward Rhetts, Christine A. Elder, Deborah R. Malac, Diplomatic recognition, Donald E. Booth, Donald K. Petterson, Edward J. Perkins, Edward Richard Dudley, Elbert G. Mathews, Ernest A. Lyon, Ezekiel Ezra Smith, Foreign relations of Liberia, George Washington Buckner, Henry Highland Garnet, James Bishop (diplomat), James L. Curtis, James Milton Turner, Jesse D. Locker, John H. Smythe, John Seys, John W. Blaney, Joseph L. Johnson, Lester Walton, Letter of credence, Liberia, Liberia–United States relations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, List of ambassadors of the United States to the Central African Republic, Michael A. McCarthy, Monrovia, Moses A. Hopkins, Owen L. W. Smith, Peter Jon de Vos, Raphael Lanier, Richard Lee Jones, Robert P. Smith (ambassador), Samuel Z. Westerfield Jr., Scramble for Africa, Solomon Porter Hood, United States Senate, W. Beverly Carter Jr., William D. McCoy, ... Expand index (5 more) »
1863 establishments in the United States
Ambassadors of the United States to Liberia
Lists of ambassadors to Liberia

Abraham Hanson

Abraham Hanson (1818 – 1866) was an English-born American pastor and US diplomat. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Abraham Hanson are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Advice and consent

Advice and consent is an English phrase frequently used in enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts.

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Alexander Clark

Alexander G. Clark (February 25, 1826 – May 31, 1891) was an African-American businessman and activist who served as United States Ambassador to Liberia in 1890–1891, where he died in office. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Alexander Clark are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Ambassadors of the United States

Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the president to serve as the United States' diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large.

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American Colonization Society

The American Colonization Society (ACS), initially the Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, was an American organization founded in 1816 by Robert Finley to encourage and support the repatriation of freeborn people of color and emancipated slaves to the continent of Africa.

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Ben H. Brown Jr.

Ben Hill Brown Jr. (February 8, 1914May 25, 1989) was the United States Ambassador to Liberia from 1964 to 1969. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Ben H. Brown Jr. are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Bismarck Myrick

Bismarck Myrick (born December 23, 1940) is a former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia (1999–2002) and Lesotho (1995–1998). List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Bismarck Myrick are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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C. H. J. Taylor

Charles Henry James Taylor (1857–1899), was an American journalist, editor, lawyer, orator, and political organizer.

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Charles Edward Rhetts

Charles Edward Rhetts (May 21, 1910November 14, 1971) was an American diplomat. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Charles Edward Rhetts are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Christine A. Elder

Christine Ann Elder is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Liberia from June 2016 to March 2020. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Christine A. Elder are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Deborah R. Malac

Deborah Ruth Malac (born 1955) is an American diplomat, who served as the United States Ambassador to Uganda. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Deborah R. Malac are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Diplomatic recognition

Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral declarative political act of a state that acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state (may be also a recognized state).

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Donald E. Booth

Donald E. Booth (born 13 July 1952) is an American diplomat who is serving as the U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Donald E. Booth are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Donald K. Petterson

Donald K. Petterson (born November 17, 1930) is an American diplomat, and a career United States Foreign Service officer.

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Edward J. Perkins

Edward Joseph Perkins (June 8, 1928 – November 7, 2020) was an American career diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, South Africa, the United Nations, and Australia. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Edward J. Perkins are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Edward Richard Dudley

Edward Richard Dudley (March 11, 1911 – February 8, 2005) was an American lawyer, judge, civil rights activist and the first African-American to hold the rank of Ambassador of the United States, as ambassador to Liberia from 1949 to 1953. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Edward Richard Dudley are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Elbert G. Mathews

Elbert George Mathews (November 24, 1910October 31, 1977) was an American diplomat. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Elbert G. Mathews are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Ernest A. Lyon

Ernest A. Lyon (October 22, 1860 – July 17, 1938) was an African-American minister, educator and diplomat. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Ernest A. Lyon are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Ezekiel Ezra Smith

Ezekiel Ezra Smith (May 23, 1852 – December 6, 1933) was an American educator and diplomat. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Ezekiel Ezra Smith are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Foreign relations of Liberia

Liberian foreign relations were traditionally stable and cordial throughout much of the 19th and 20th centuries, with a significant relationship with the United States, sharing close relations until the 1970s.

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George Washington Buckner

George Washington Buckner (December 1, 1855 – February 17, 1943) was an American physician and diplomat. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and George Washington Buckner are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Henry Highland Garnet

Henry Highland Garnet (December 23, 1815 – February 13, 1882) was an American abolitionist, minister, educator, orator, and diplomat. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Henry Highland Garnet are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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James Bishop (diplomat)

James Keough Bishop Jr. (born July 21, 1938) is an American Foreign Service Officer, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Niger (1979–81), Liberia (1987-90), and Somalia (1990–91). List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and James Bishop (diplomat) are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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James L. Curtis

James L. Curtis (1870 – October 24, 1917) was the American Minister Resident/Consul General to Liberia (1915–1917). List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and James L. Curtis are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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James Milton Turner

James Milton Turner (c. 1840 – November 1, 1915) was a Reconstruction Era political leader, activist, educator, and diplomat. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and James Milton Turner are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Jesse D. Locker

Jesse Dwight Locker (May 31, 1891, College Hill, Cincinnati – April 10, 1955, Monrovia, Liberia) was an attorney, politician and, when he was appointed the American ambassador to Liberia, the second African American appointed as ambassador. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Jesse D. Locker are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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John H. Smythe

John Henry Smythe or Smyth (July 14, 1844 – September 5, 1908) was an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Liberia from 1878 to 1881 and from 1882 to 1885. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and John H. Smythe are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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John Seys

John Seys (March 30, 1799 – February 9, 1872) was an American reverend, missionary, and diplomat. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and John Seys are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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John W. Blaney

John William Blaney (born 1948) was a United States State Department official and former U.S. Ambassador to Liberia. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and John W. Blaney are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Joseph L. Johnson

Joseph Lowery Johnson (February 14, 1874July 18, 1945) was a physician and an early African-American diplomat, serving as the United States Ambassador to Liberia from 1918 to 1922. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Joseph L. Johnson are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Lester Walton

Lester Aglar Walton (April 20, 1882 – October 16, 1965) was a St. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Lester Walton are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Letter of credence

A letter of credence (Lettre de créance) is a formal diplomatic letter that designates a diplomat as ambassador to another sovereign state.

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Liberia

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.

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Liberia–United States relations

Liberia – United States relations are bilateral relations between Liberia and the United States.

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Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Linda Thomas-Greenfield (born November 22, 1952) is an American diplomat who serves as the United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Linda Thomas-Greenfield are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to the Central African Republic

The United States ambassador to the Central African Republic is the ambassador of the United States to the Central African Republic.

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Michael A. McCarthy

Michael A. McCarthy is an American diplomat who had served as the United States Ambassador to Liberia from January 22, 2021 to July 12, 2023. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Michael A. McCarthy are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Monrovia

Monrovia is the capital and largest city of Liberia.

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Moses A. Hopkins

Moses Aaron Hopkins (December 25, 1846 – August 7, 1886) was an African-American clergyman and educator who served as United States minister (ambassador) to Liberia in 1885–1886. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Moses A. Hopkins are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Owen L. W. Smith

Owen Lun West Smith (May 18, 1851 – January 5, 1926) was an African American minister and diplomat of the United States. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Owen L. W. Smith are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Peter Jon de Vos

Peter Jon de Vos (December 24, 1938 – June 9, 2008) was an American ambassador to Costa Rica, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mozambique and Tanzania. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Peter Jon de Vos are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Raphael Lanier

Raphael O'Hara Lanier (April 28, 1900 – December 17, 1962) was an American diplomat to Liberia. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Raphael Lanier are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Richard Lee Jones

Richard Lee Jones (December 21, 1893 – 1975) was an American diplomat. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Richard Lee Jones are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Robert P. Smith (ambassador)

Robert Powell Smith (March 5, 1929January 20, 2012) was an American diplomat. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Robert P. Smith (ambassador) are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Samuel Z. Westerfield Jr.

Samuel Zazu Westerfield Jr. (November 15, 1919, Chicago, Illinois – July 19, 1972, Monrovia, Liberia) was a career foreign services officer who was appointed American ambassador to Liberia on July 8, 1969. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Samuel Z. Westerfield Jr. are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa was the conquest and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers driven by the Second Industrial Revolution during the era of "New Imperialism" (1833–1914): Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

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Solomon Porter Hood

Solomon Porter Hood (July 30, 18531943) the United States Minister to Liberia from 1921 to 1926. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and Solomon Porter Hood are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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W. Beverly Carter Jr.

William Beverly Carter Jr. (1921 – May 9, 1982), served three American presidents as U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania and Liberia and became the first African American named Ambassador-at-Large. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and W. Beverly Carter Jr. are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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William D. McCoy

William D. McCoy (November 17, 1853May 14, 1893) was the United States Ambassador to Liberia from 1892 to 1893. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and William D. McCoy are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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William Demosthenes Crum

William Demosthenes Crum, alternatively known as William Demos Crum, (February 9, 1859 – December 7, 1912) was an African American physician and diplomat. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and William Demosthenes Crum are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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William H. Twaddell

William H. Twaddell (born 1941) is a retired American diplomat and former journalist for the New York Daily News. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and William H. Twaddell are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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William Henry Heard

William Henry (Harrison) Heard (June 25, 1850 – September 12, 1937) was a clergyman of the African Methodist Episcopal Church who served as United States Ambassador to Liberia from 1895 through 1898. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and William Henry Heard are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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William L. Swing

William Lacy Swing (September 11, 1934 – June 12, 2021) was a diplomat and former United States Ambassador, and United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Under Secretary General. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and William L. Swing are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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William T. Francis

William T. Francis (March 26, 1870 – July 15, 1929) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from Minnesota. List of ambassadors of the United States to Liberia and William T. Francis are ambassadors of the United States to Liberia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_Liberia

Also known as Ambassador of the United States to Liberia, Ambassadors of the United States to Liberia, U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, US Ambassador to Liberia, United States Ambassador to Liberia.

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1863 establishments in the United States

Ambassadors of the United States to Liberia

Lists of ambassadors to Liberia

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