How to Pronounce Charles D. B. King
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Mar 12, 1875 Monrovia, Montserrado County, Liberia Died on 04 Sep 1961 (aged 86)
President of Liberia
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About Charles D. B. King
- Charles Dunbar Burgess King (12 March 1875 – 4 September 1961) was a politician in Liberia of Americo-Liberian and Freetown Creole descent (his mother was an Americo-Liberian).
- He was a member of the True Whig Party, which ruled the country from 1878 until 1980.
- He served as the 17th President of Liberia from 1920 until 1930. King was Attorney General from 1904 until 1912, and Secretary of State of Liberia from 1912 until he was elected president in 1919.
- In this capacity, he attended the 1919 Paris Peace Conference and the accompanying First Pan-African Congress.
- Though a moderate supporter of reform, he continued to support the patronage machine and dominance of the True Whig Party.
- In 1927, he won the presidential election with over 15 times more votes than there were electors, but a forced labor and slavery scandal forced his resignation in 1930.
