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List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives of Liberia is the presiding officer of the legislature. In the current house, the speaker is elected by the house for the term of the legislature, six years. The Speaker may be removed from their position by a two-thirds majority. A Deputy Speaker is also elected, and, in the event of a vacancy in the speakership, serves as Speaker until the election of a replacement, which is to occur within sixty days. The Speaker is also responsible for appointing members to House Committees. This article lists the presiding officers of Liberia's lower house, which has been most often known as the House of Representatives.

List

This is an incomplete list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
James B. McGill18481848url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LKAoAAAAYAAJjournal=African Repository and Colonial Journal
Daniel Bashiel Warner18481849url=https://books.google.com/books?id=saY4ubEU20QCtitle=The Annual Messages of the Presidents of Liberia 1848–2010: State of the Nation Addresses to the National Legislaturefirst=D. Elwoodlast=Dunndate=4 May 2011publisher=Walter de Gruytervia=Google Booksisbn=9783598441691}}
Edward James Roye18491850
Charles Henry18501851
Beverly R. Wilson18511853
Beverly V. R. James1853?
H. W. Erskine?1855
James M. Moore18551856url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bX99uVmq-ysCtitle=The African Repositoryyear=1856}}
Mathew A. Rand18561857 - ?url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qToZIr4w2iICtitle = The African Repositoryyear = 1857}}
Robert H. Marshall18591860
Anthony William Gardner18601861
Ezra W. WrightDecember 1861?
A. J. Woods??
Dixon B. Brown??
William Draper??
Edward Lyles??
Henry B. Whitfield??
Daniel E. MacFarland??
Henry Wesley Dennis18631864 - ?url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwrccf&view=1up&seq=150title=The African repository and colonial journal 40 (1864).website=HathiTrustpages=26 volumes }}
Augustus Washington18651869
William Spencer Anderson18691871
D. P. Wilson18711876url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XKw9AAAAYAAJtitle=The African Repositoryyear=1873}}
Nathan E. Dixon18761877
William David Coleman18771879
C. R. Sim? - 18801881 - ?
E.- B. Cummings? - 18821882 - ?
J.-N. Lewis? - 18851888 - ?
Alexander Glen Tubman? - 18891889 - ?
F. O. Thorne? - 18901893 - ?
Z. J. Greene? - 18941894 - ?
Robert B. Richardson18951896 - ?
J. C. Johnson18971899 - ?
Robert H. Marshall? - 19001903
D. R. Worrell19001901Speaker pro tempore
James A. Toliver19031906 - ?
Samuel Alfred Ross1907?
James A. Toliver? - 19081909 - ?
J. J. Ellis? - 19101910 - ?
T. A. McCarthy? - 19121912 - ?
Stephen Allen Liberty? - 19141917 - ?
John Gottlieb A. Richards19181919
Philip J. L. Brumskine19191923
Stephen Allen Liberty? - 19251929
John N. Lewis19291931
Clarence Lorenzo Simpson19311934
Richard Wiles19351936
Richard Wiles19401940
Richard Wiles19421945
Benjamin Green Freeman19431951
Richard Abrom Henries, Sr.195212 April 1980

This is a list of speakers of the Interim National Assembly:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Nicholas Podier19841984

This is a list of presidents of the Interim National Assembly:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Samuel Doe26 July 19841985

This is a list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Samuel Dualu Hill19861990

This is a list of speakers of the Interim National Assembly (ILA):

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Bismarck Kuyon? - 19921993

This is a list of speakers of the Transitional National Assembly (TLA):

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Morris Dukuly11 March 1994February 1997
Lusinee Kamara27 February 19971997

This is a list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Nyudueh MorkonmanaJuly 19972003

This is a list of speakers of the National Transitional Legislative Assembly of Liberia (NTLA):

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
George Dweh20 October 200314 March 2005
George Koukou17 March 2005January 2006

This is a list of speakers of the House of Representatives of Liberia:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Edwin Melvin Snowe13 January 200618 January 2007
?18 January 200729 January 2007
Edwin Melvin Snowe29 January 200715 February 2007url=https://www.liberianobserver.com/news/speaker-chambers-survives-ouster-attempts/title=Speaker Chambers Survives Ouster Attempts?first1=Leroy M.last1=Sonponlast2=IIIdate=11 September 2018publisher=access-date=9 April 2019archive-date=9 April 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409213633/https://www.liberianobserver.com/news/speaker-chambers-survives-ouster-attempts/url-status=dead}}
Alex J. Tyler7 April 200727 September 2016
James Emmanuel NuquayOctober 201615 January 2018
Bhofal Chambers15 January 201815 January 2024
Jonathan F. Koffa15 January 202421 November 2024
Richard KoonSupreme Court]] would rule his leadership illegal, affirming Jonathan F. Koffa as the lawful speaker. Koffa would resign on 12 May 2025, and Koon would be properly elected the following day.Incumbenttitle=Liberia House of Representativesurl=https://data.ipu.org/parliament/LR/LR-LC01/website=IPU Parline: global data on national parliaments}}

Notes

References

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  52. Richards, G. Watson. (13 May 2025). "Richard Koon becomes legitimate Speaker of Liberia’s 55th Legislature". The Liberrian Investigator.
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