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1927 Liberian general election

Fraudulent election

Fraudulent election

FieldValue
countryLiberia
previous_election1923 Liberian general election
previous_year1923
next_election1931 Liberian general election
next_year1931
election_date3 May 1927
registered19,000
module{{Infobox election
embedyes
election_namePresidential election
typepresidential
image11927 Charles Dunbar Burgess King.jpg
nominee1**Charles D. B. King**
party1True Whig Party
popular_vote1229,527
percentage196.23%
image23x4.svg
nominee2Thomas J. R. Faulkner
party2_nameno
party2People's Party
color2DDDDDD
popular_vote28,992
percentage23.77%
titlePresident
before_electionCharles D. B. King
before_partyTrue Whig Party
after_electionCharles D. B. King
after_partyTrue Whig Party

General elections were held in Liberia in 1927. In the presidential election the result was a victory for Charles D. B. King of the True Whig Party, who was re-elected for a third term after defeating Thomas J. R. Faulkner of the People's Party. Faulkner had previously served as the mayor of Monrovia, and ran a campaign based on reform of labor laws.

The elections have been referred to as "the most rigged ever" by Frances Johnson-Morris, a modern head of the country's National Elections Commission, and were listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most fraudulent election in history. Despite there being only 19,000 registered voters, according to the official results, King received around 230,000 votes to Faulkner's 9,000.

Results

Aftermath

Following the elections, Faulkner accused members of the True Whig Party government of using slave labor and selling slaves to the Spanish colony of Fernando Po, as well as involving the army in the process. Despite the government's denials and a refusal to cooperate, the League of Nations established the "International Commission of Inquiry into the Existence of Slavery and Forced Labor in the Republic of Liberia", under the chairmanship of British jurist Cuthbert Christy, to determine the extent of the problem. U.S. president Herbert Hoover briefly suspended relations to press Monrovia into compliance. In 1930 the committee's report was published, and although it could not substantiate charges of slavery and forced labor, it implicated government officials, including both King and vice president Allen Yancy of profiting from forced labor, which it equated to slavery. There were also suggestions about putting Liberia into trusteeship. As a result, the House of Representatives began impeachment procedures against King, who quickly resigned. He was succeeded by Edwin Barclay. Faulkner contested the 1931 elections, but was again declared the loser.

References

References

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  8. Guannu, Joseph Saye. (1985). "A Short History of the First Liberian Republic".
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  10. (2000-10-24). "Liberia: A Casualty of the Cold War's End".
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  12. "Liberia Country Studies: Liberia and the League of Nations".
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