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    Stephen Allen Benson (May 21, 1816 – January 24, 1865) was a Liberian politician who served as the second president of Liberia from 1856 to 1864. Prior...
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    mourned as a "faithful and patriotic servant" by Liberian president Stephen Allen Benson. Senator Hanson has sometimes been misidentified as being John Hanson...
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  • Senator from Kansas Allan L. Benson (1871–1940), American journalist and Socialist presidential candidate Allen Benson (1908–1999), American professional...
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    would not be recognized by the United States until 5 February 1862. Stephen Allen Benson was President on the date of the United States' recognition. As Union...
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    total of eight years, until he lost the election in 1855 to Vice President Benson. Attempts to found a state based upon some 3,000 settlers proved difficult...
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    Secretary of State from 1856 to 1860 in the cabinet of President Stephen Allen Benson. He was a member of the True Whig Party. Smith was born in Charleston...
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    Nathaniel Brander 1849 Anthony D. Williams 1851 1853 Stephen Allen Benson 2 Stephen Allen Benson (1816–1865) January 7, 1856 January 4, 1864 7 years,...
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    elections were held in Liberia in May 1857. Incumbent President Stephen Allen Benson was the only candidate for the presidency, and was re-elected unopposed...
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    elections were held in Liberia on 7 May 1861. Incumbent President Stephen Allen Benson was the only candidate for the presidency, and was re-elected unopposed...
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    to 1856 and the fifth vice president of Liberia under President Stephen Allen Benson from 1860 to 1864. Warner, an African American, was born free on...
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    elections were held in Liberia in May 1859. Incumbent President Stephen Allen Benson was the only candidate for the presidency, and was re-elected unopposed...
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    Kpelle, Tolbert was the second Liberian president, after President Stephen Allen Benson, to speak an indigenous language, and he promoted a program to bring...
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    fourth vice president of Liberia from 1856 to 1860 under President Stephen Allen Benson. Born in the United States, he emigrated to Liberia as a young man...
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    Drayton was later appointed Chief Justice of Liberia by President Stephen Allen Benson in 1861, serving until stepping down in 1864. He died in 1865 as...
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  • performer Stephen Allen Benson (1816–1865), president of Liberia Steven Benson (murderer) (1951–2015), American convicted double murderer Steve Benson, pseudonym...
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    iron ore exploitation, though these terms were revised in 2007. Stephen Allen Benson, President of Liberia (1856–1864) Joseph James Cheeseman, President...
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    Cambridge High School John Barth, writer, born in Cambridge in 1930 Stephen Allen Benson, second President of Liberia Troy Brohawn, retired Major League Baseball...
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  • Liberia's political leaders. These include likenesses of President Stephen Allen Benson, Vice President Beverly Page Yates, Senate chaplain Reverend Philip...
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    Roberts, first and seventh president. Born in Norfolk, Virginia Stephen Allen Benson, second president. Born in Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland...
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    legislative reporting and mining sector activity." John N. Lewis, 1848-? Stephen Allen Benson, ?-1856 John C. Chavers, ?-1866-? Edward J. Roye, ?-? W. H. Lynch...
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    (complete list) – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President (1848–1856) Stephen Allen Benson, President (1856–1864) Daniel Bashiel Warner, President (1864–1868)...
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    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...
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    settling in Halifax, Nova Scotia) William Coleman, President of Liberia Stephen Allen Benson, President of Liberia David George, African-American Baptist preacher...
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    served as vice-president of Liberia from 1856 to 1860 under President Stephen Allen Benson. Blyden and Sarah had three children together. Later, while living...
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  • of Liberia. Joseph Jenkins Roberts - first president of Liberia Stephen Allen Benson - second president of Liberia James 2010, pp. 80–81. James, Winston...
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  • chemist and professor Stephen M. Bennett, American businessman Stephen Allen Benson (1816–1865), 2nd President of Liberia Stephen Bent, English actor Steven...
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    1850 January 2, 1854 3 years, 360 days Independent 1849 1851 3 Stephen Allen Benson (1816–1865) January 2, 1854 January 7, 1856 2 years, 5 days Independent...
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    Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia during 1848–55 against Stephen Allen Benson, another president of the country during 1856–63 over charges of...
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    President before election Stephen Allen Benson Republican Elected President Daniel Bashiel Warner Republican...
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    15 February 1859 3 Boston Jenkins Drayton (1821–1865) 1861–1864 Stephen Allen Benson 4 Edward James Roye (1815–1872) 1865–1868 Daniel Bashiel Warner 5...
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