Clarence Lorenzo Simpson

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Clarence Lorenzo Simpson (1896-1969) was a politician in Liberia. He was foreign minister during much of World War II (1934-1943) under President Edwin Barclay.

Before coming foreign minister, Simpson was the Speaker of Liberian House of Representatives from 1931-1934. After leaving the foreign ministry in 1943, Simpson was one of the six candidates in that year's election; he eventually lost to William V.S. Tubman.^[1] He served as the Vice-President of Liberia from 1944-1952 under Tubman.

Simpson was the Liberian delegate to the League of Nations in 1934 and headed the Liberian delegation to the United Nations in 1945.

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• New Liberian Ambassador, Her Only One, Lands Here Today To Take Up Post In U.S. New York Times, 20 April 1952

Preceded by Louis Arthur Grimes	Foreign Minister of Liberia 1934–1943	Succeeded by Gabriel Lafayette Dennis
Preceded by Allen Yancy	Vice-President of Liberia 1944–1952	Succeeded by William Richard Tolbert, Jr.

v • d • e Vice-Presidents of Liberia Stephen Allen Benson • Beverley Yates • James Priest • James S. Smith • Alfred F. Russell • John Tyler • William D. Coleman • J. J. Ross • J. J. Dossen • John Breckinridge • Samuel Alfred Ross • Henry Too Wesley • Allen Yancy • Clarence Lorenzo Simpson • William R. Tolbert, Jr. • James E. Greene • Bennie Dee Warner • Harry Moniba • Enoch Dogolea • Moses Blah • Joseph Boakai