James Spriggs Payne

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James Spriggs Payne
4th President of Liberia (1868) 8th President of Liberia (1876)
In office January 6, 1868 – January 3, 1870 January 3, 1876 – January 7, 1878
Vice President(s)	Unknown (1868) Unknown (1876)
Preceded by	Daniel Bashiel Warner (1868) Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1876)
Succeeded by	Edward James Roye (1868) Anthony W. Gardiner (1876)
Born	December 19, 1819 Richmond, Virginia
Political party	Republican

James Spriggs Payne (Richmond, Virginia, December 19, 1819 – January 31, 1882 in Monrovia, Liberia) was the fourth and eighth president of Liberia, in office from 1868 to 1870 and 1876 to 1878.

[edit] Life

Payne grew up in a highly religious Methodist family and was a devout Christian. While a child, his family moved to Liberia, run by the American Colonization Society, to begin a new life.

Aside from religion, he showed interest in politics and economics, areas he later became a successful author in. He was appointed by the government to work finalizing the breakage of Liberia's ties to the American Colonization Society.

During his presidency he fought to end the slave trade existing on Liberia's coast. He also increased the country's foreign trade and improved government relations with the natives, who he felt politics had for the most part ignored.

He left office in 1870, and was re-elected in 1876. He died in Monrovia in 1882, four years after finally leaving office.

Preceded by: Daniel Bashiel Warner	President of Liberia 1868–1870	Succeeded by: Edward James Roye
Preceded by: Joseph Jenkins Roberts	President of Liberia 1876–1878	Succeeded by: Anthony W. Gardiner

Presidents of Liberia

Joseph J. Roberts • Stephen Allen Benson • Daniel Bashiel Warner • James Spriggs Payne • Edward J. Roye • James Skivring Smith • Joseph J. Roberts • James Spriggs Payne • Anthony W. Gardiner • Alfred Francis Russell • Hilary R. W. Johnson • Joseph James Cheeseman • William D. Coleman • Garretson W. Gibson • Arthur Barclay • Daniel Edward Howard • Charles D.B. King • Edwin Barclay • William Tubman • William R. Tolbert, Jr. • Samuel Doe • Amos Sawyer† • David D. Kpormakpor† • Wilton G. S. Sankawulo† • Ruth Perry† • Charles G. Taylor • Moses Blah • Gyude Bryant† • Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf  † denotes non-presidential head of state

Persondata
NAME	Payne, James Spriggs
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	James S. Payne, James Spriggs-Payne
SHORT DESCRIPTION	President of Liberia
DATE OF BIRTH	19 December 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH	Richmond, Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	31 January 1882
PLACE OF DEATH	Monrovia