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1855 Liberian general election

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Field	Value
country	Liberia
next_election	1857 Liberian general election
next_year	1857
previous_election	1853 Liberian general election
previous_year	1853
election_date	1855
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Presidential election
type	presidential
image1	Stephen Allen Benson (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Stephen Allen Benson
party1	True Liberian Party
image2	Edward James Roye c. 1850.jpg
nominee2	Edward James Roye
party2	Old Whig Party
title	President
before_election	Joseph Jenkins Roberts
before_party	True Liberian Party
after_election	Stephen Allen Benson
after_party	True Liberian Party

General elections were held in Liberia in 1855 to elect the president of Liberia, with incumbent president Joseph Jenkins Roberts declining to run for a fifth term in office.

The presidential election resulted in a victory for Vice-President Stephen Allen Benson of the True Liberian Party, who defeated Edward James Roye of the Whig Party. Beverly P. Yates was elected vice-president.

Benson took office as the country's second president on 7 January 1856, with Roberts making a speech at Benson's inauguration.

References

[https://npg.si.edu/exh/awash/benson.htm Stephen Allen Benson (1816-1865)] National Portrait Gallery
Hollis R. Lynch. (1970). "Edward Wilmot Blyden: Pan-Negro Patriot, 1832–1912". Oxford University Press.
Joseph Saye Guannu. (1977). "Liberian History Before 1857: A Reference for Elementary Pupils".
(1948). "Liberians All".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20170926214405/https://www.theperspective.org/2017/0926201702.php Presidential Power Transfer In Liberian History, Joseph Jenkins Roberts To Ellen Johnson Sirleaf] The Perspective, 26 September 2017

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