Edward James Roye

Edward James Roye served as the fifth president of Liberia from 1870 to his overthrow in the 1871 Liberian coup d'état and subsequent death. He had previously served as the fourth Chief Justice of Liberia from 1865 until 1868. He was the first member of Liberia's True Whig Party to serve as president.

3 February 1815

Born on the same birth day (3 February): Carl Theodor Dreyer • Eric Haydock • Hong Seok-cheon • Hugo Junkers • Ilana Sod • Jia (singer) • Joan Capdevila • Marwan Khoury • Mathieu Dandenault • Maura Tierney • Melanie (singer) • Mihail G. Boiagi • Paul Ariste • Sean Kingston • Slobodan Rajković • Thomas Calabro • Tony Gaze

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