Edward James Roye
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Edward James Roye was a 19th-century Liberian politician who served as the fifth president of Liberia and was one of the country's early leaders of Americo-Liberian descent.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Americo-Liberian elite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1815-02-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Newark, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfRemovalFromOffice | coup d'état ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | disputed ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1872-02-11 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Monrovia, Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | educated in the United States ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Americo-Liberian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Roye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| hasMonument | Roye Monument in Monrovia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf | Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
controversial presidency
ⓘ
financial negotiations with British creditors ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Republican Party of Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movedTo | Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Edward James Roye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an early Americo-Liberian leader
ⓘ
being the fifth president of Liberia ⓘ |
| occupation |
merchant
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1871-10-26 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1870-01-03 ⓘ |
| ordinalInOffice | 5 ⓘ |
| participatedIn | early political development of Liberia ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Justice of Liberia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
President of Liberia ⓘ Speaker of the House of Representatives of Liberia ⓘ |
| precededBy | James Spriggs Payne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorOffice | James Spriggs Payne as President of Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| residence | Monrovia, Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Charlotte E. Roye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | James Skivring Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorOffice | James Skivring Smith as President of Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasImpeached | true ⓘ |
| yearOfMigration | 1846 ⓘ |
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